Former lawmakers Prabhu Sah and Harendra Raya Yadav of UCPN (Maoist), Govind Chaudhary of Tarai Madhes Democratic Party, Krishna Prasad Yadav of Nepali Congress, Shailendra Sah of UML, and Yogendra Raya Yadav of Nepal Sadbhavana Party have jointly submitted memorandum at the office of the Interim Council of Ministers on Friday. [break]
In the memorandum, they have asked the government to provide relief immediately in Rautahat, Bara, Parsa and other Tarai districts most affected by flooding.
Several major rivers in the Tarai were seeing "excessive levels of water", the letter said.
Talking to Republica former lawmaker Govinda Chaudhary accused the Khil Raj Regmi-led government of not taking any serious action in the flood hit areas of Tarai to rescue the people.
“The security forces, respective district administration offices, I/NGOs, and concerned authorities should come forward to provide relief to the people in the flood-hit areas of the Tarai,” the lawmakers further pleaded.
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