Kathmandu, Nov 4:
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has left for the earthquake-affected areas with health workers and essential supplies.
The Prime Minister has left for the affected areas with a medical team including 16 members of the Nepali Army and necessary materials for the rescue, search and relief of the earthquake survivors, according to the Prime Minister’s Press Advisor Govinda Acharya.
Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Shakti Bahadur Basnet and former Finance Minister Janardan Sharma have also gone to the affected areas to coordinate rescue and relief efforts. Minister Basnet is an MP elected from Jajarkot and Sharma from Rukum West.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Dahal has said that he is deeply saddened by the loss of human lives and physical property in 6.4 magnitude earthquake that took place at 11:47 pm on Friday night with its epicenter at Ramidanda of Jajarkot.
Appealing everyone concerned to help with the rescue and relief efforts, Prime Minister Dahal has said that all the three security agencies have been mobilized for the immediate search and rescue of those injured in the quake.
According to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, additional security personnel from all three agencies from neighboring districts including Surkhet have been mobilized in search and rescue of the quake survivors.
Five persons killed in earthquake in Rukum
Triveni (Rukum West) Nov 4: Five people have died and 10 others were injured in the earthquake that occurred last night in Sani Bheri Rural Municipality of Rukum West.
Among those killed in the earthquake with epicentre in Ramidada of Jajarkot are 12-year-old Manisha Pariyar, of Ward No. 2 Pariyar Tole, 31-year-old Dhanavir Pun of Ward No. 1 Chinabagar, 28-year-old Chumrima Pun of the same ward, eight-year-old Yamaraj Pun and two-year-old Sitam Pun, according to Police Inspector Dharmendra Khadka, information officer of District Police Office Rukum West office.
Acting Chief Administrative Officer of Chaurjahari Municipality Sher Prasad Dhakal said that those injured in the earthquake in the Municipality are being rescued and there are no human casualties.
Athabiscot municipality of the district is reported to have suffered huge human casualty, but police have said that the number of people who have died has not been confirmed yet.
Earthquake in Jajarkot: 37 dead, hundreds injured
Jajarkot, Nov 4: The death toll in last night’s earthquake in Jajarkot alone has reached 37. Hundreds of others are suspected to have been injured in the quake, said Chief District Officer Suresh Sunar.
The deceased include 27 women and 10 men. The earthquake has severely hit Bheri, Nalgad, Kushe, Barekot and Chedagad in the district. All the security forces in the district have been mobilized in the search and rescue work, said CDO Sunar.
Among the dead also includes Deputy Mayor of Nalgad Municipality Sarita Singh, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police of Jajarkot Santosh Rokka.
An earthquake measuring 6.4 in the Richter scale occurred at 11:47 pm on Friday, with Ramidanda of Jajarkot as the epicenter.
Jajarkot Earthquake: Three injured air lifted to Surkhet for treatment
Tribeni (Rukum West), Nov 4: Three people from Aathbiskot Municipality, who were injured in the earthquake, have been airlifted to Surkhet Provincial Hospital by a helicopter for treatment.
They were sent to Surkhet for treatment this morning on a Nepali army helicopter. Acting Chief Administrative Officer of the Municipality, Maniraj Shah, said. The helicopter had arrived at Aathbiskot Municipality with health workers and medical supplies.
Meanwhile, 62 injured are undergoing treatment at the municipal hospital in Radi. A team of three health workers, including a doctor from Surkhet, are serving the injured at the hospital, Shah said.
More than 50 people have been found dead in wards No. 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the municipality so far.
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