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HAMI Urges Government to Speed up Relief Distribution

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August 20: Humanitarian Accountability Monitoring Initiative (HAMI) has drawn the attention of the concerned government agencies regarding the delay in relief distribution in the flood affected areas and the possible outbreak of water-borne diseases.

Issuing a press statement, HAMI has urged the government to speed up the process to reach out to the affected people to provide them with the basic needs.

The affected people in various districts are facing the challenge of proper shelter, food, clean drinking water, sanitation and basic medicines, HAMI wrote in the statement.

“The recent monsoon rains have taken lives of 131 people and injured more than two dozens of people. At least 35 districts have been affected by the floods and landslides. More than 7,000 households have been destroyed and 18,000 families have been displaced and living in temporary shelters but the response to reach out to them has been delayed,” says the statement.

While floods have affected the terai region, hundreds of families have been hit by landslides in the hilly region. Hundreds of settlements are still at risk if being affected by further landslides, HAMI said in the statement.

“In this emergency situation, HAMI demands for effective rescue and distribution of relief materials for the safety of human lives and properties with the efficient mobilization of all the concerned mechanisms accountably,” the statement further reads.

HAMI also noted that the recent directive issued by the government regarding one-door policy in distribution of relief has discouraged civil society organizations to be involved in rescue and relief operation. As a result, flood survivors have not got timely support.

 

 

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