NC’S RAM CHANDRA PAUDEL ALSO DISCUSSES FLOOD DAMAGE WITH CHAIRMAN REGMI UPDATE Kathmandu, 21 June: A NC delegation, led by Vice President Ram Chandra Paudel met separately with Chairman Khil Raj Regmi Friday morning and discussed devastation caused by floods and landslides especially in the far-West. They discussed immediate and effective relief. Maoist Chied Prachanda demanded Rs.100,000 cah relief for families of the dead. He asked government to start talks with India for unilateral release of water into Mahakali which many Nepalis believe increased Mahakaali river level to rise causing devastation in Nepal. nnnn . BHASKAR THAPA DIES IN USA Kathmandu, 21 June: Bhaskar Thapa , a tunnel engineer working in USA and son of Bhek and Rita Thapa,, died of heart attack Wednesday, a published report said. He was 49. Bhaskar Thapa was with the Jacobs Associates in San Francisco. and was living in Berkeley. Nnnn