By Xinhua,
Kathmandu : A team of UN offices in Nepal, led by UN resident representative to Nepal and human resource coordinator Robert Piper, inspected the camps set up for displaced flood victims in southeastern Nepal, Nepali national news agency RSS reported.
The team on Wednesday visited the camps at Bhardaha of Sunsari district, some 220 km southeast of capital Kathmandu.
After the inspection, Piper told journalists that concrete work was needed for the rehabilitation of the displaced and the UN would discuss on the possible help it can extend for the purpose. He praised the locals’ support for the displaced.
He said it could be found out only after probe by Nepal and India who was responsible for the breach of Koshi embankments but all sides should take cautions to avoid such disaster in the future.
He said relief work should continue until rehabilitation. OHCHR’ s Richard Bennet said relief should not discriminate against anyone and the relief work so far was satisfactory.
Around 10 Village Development Committees (VDCs) were in full or partial inundation in Sunsari and Saptari districts, bordering India, after the embankment of the Saptakoshi River suddenly broke down on Aug. 18.