MORE THAN 300 HOUSES DESTROYED IN NEPAL QUAKE

MORE THAN 300 HOUSES DAMAGED IN NEPAL QUAKE

Kathmandu, 19 Sept.: Altogether 354 houses were damaged in 21 of 75districts in Sunday’s quake , home ministry said in fresh reports.
Twenty-four were injured seriously
Fifty houses were damaged in Sankhuwasabha district in the eastern region where landslides were triggered.
Most of 200 who were treated for injuries at the capital’s hospitals have returned home.
.British ambassador offered his condolences to the local community on Sunday evening and met with relatives of the victims on Monday morning, the embassy said.
British Embassy Monday regretted the death of three Nepali citizens when the compound perimeter wall of the embassy crumbled on them triggered Sunday’s tremor.

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ONE POLICEMAN SHOT AND KILLED IN GUN BATTLEIN BARA MOREe
Kathmandu,19 Sept.: Policeman Haresh Raut died Monday while being rushed to the capital for treatment of bullet wounds,
He was shot and died in an encounter with a armed rebel group at Phulwaria Chowki in Bara.
An armed outfit in the terai is suspected for shooting dead the policeman.
Jaya Mandal Yadav was killed in the encounter.
A rebel was arrested with a pistoln and bullets.
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CHITWAN HIT BY TRAFFIC DISTURBANCE
Kathmandu, 19 Sept. A strike Monday disrupted normal life in Chitwan.
The strike was called after Biraj Biswokarma, 15, of Mangalpur VDC-8 of West Chitwan was murdered by a gang of about 15 persons Sunday.
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$80 MILLION ADB ASSISTANCE

Kathmandu, 19 Sept.: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing an assistance of $80 million to Nepal under the Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Improvement Project.
A ADB board approved the assistance.


ADB’s financial aid in water supply and sanitation comes at a time when Kathmanduties are living under a lack of sustainable water sources, underinvestment in water projects, and low quality water supplies.

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“The project will prioritize underserved areas and poor sections of the population in Kathmandu Valley,” said Manoj Sharma, Urban Development Specialist in ADB’s South Asia Department.

“Piped water through individual connection will relieve women of the drudgery of collecting water, giving them more time for social and economically productive activities,” added Sharma.
The project, due for completion in December 2016, will be executed by the Ministry of Physical Planning
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