Kathmandu. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Environment has said that the damage caused in various areas due to Bhotekoshi flood is being assessed.
In the study and monitoring parliamentary special committee meeting on Bhotekoshi and Kaligandaki Corridor disaster under the National Assembly held on Wednesday at Singhdarbar, the Secretary of the Ministry Dr. Rajendra Prasad Mishra informed that the damage caused by Bhotekoshi flood is being assessed by classifying it under 4-5 headings.
He said that the assessment of crop damage due to floods will be included in the report of the National Planning Commission. Similarly, he mentioned that the losses in the field of livestock are being evaluated based on the data base of the farmers’ inventory and the details of the losses of commercial farms.
He said that farming has been done in the areas of land loss for thousands of years and the method of assessing land loss based on productivity has been adopted. He opined that the final data of all areas will be made available to the committee soon.
Secretary Mishra said that there was some delay in the assessment of damage after the flood in Kaligand. Chairman of the committee, Krishna Prasad Paudel, requested to verify and provide the actual data of the different damages of 49 wards of different local levels affected by the flood. He said that the committee will conduct adjournment inspection only after receiving all the data.