<p>India today announced a relief assistance of NRs 48 million for the victims of recent floods and landslide in different parts of Nepal, which has claimed nearly 220 lives in two weeks.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The government of India will provide Rs 30 million (NRs 48 million) assistance to the victims of recent floods and landslides in Nepal," Ambassador Ranjit Rae said during a function organised by Nepal-India Friendship Society here to observe the 68th Independence Day of India.<br /><br />India has also arranged three helicopters and one airplane on standby at the border for disaster relief operation on call by government of Nepal, he said.<br /><br />Recent flood and landslide triggered by heavy rain in central and western Nepal left nearly 220 people dead over the past two weeks.<br /><br />62 dead bodies have been recovered from the disaster affected districts mainly Surkhet and Bardiya in western Nepal over the past three days, Home Ministry spokesperson Shanker Koirala told PTI.<br /><br />44 people have been injured and 81 people have gone missing from these areas, he said.<br />The government has evacuated 12,000 people from Banke and Bardiya districts over the weekend, Koirala added.<br /><br />Today, 15 people including 11 injured have been rescued from Jajarkot district, with the assistance of Nepal Army and police personnel, he said.<br /><br />25 houses were swept away in Birendranagar Municipality in Surkhet district.<br /><br />"We will ask government of India for help if required, the Home Ministry spokesperson said.<br /><br />Two weeks ago the blockade of water in Sunkoshi river caused by massive landslide killed 156 people in Sindhupalchok district bordering Tibet, some 90 km east of Kathmandu.</p>
<p>India today announced a relief assistance of NRs 48 million for the victims of recent floods and landslide in different parts of Nepal, which has claimed nearly 220 lives in two weeks.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The government of India will provide Rs 30 million (NRs 48 million) assistance to the victims of recent floods and landslides in Nepal," Ambassador Ranjit Rae said during a function organised by Nepal-India Friendship Society here to observe the 68th Independence Day of India.<br /><br />India has also arranged three helicopters and one airplane on standby at the border for disaster relief operation on call by government of Nepal, he said.<br /><br />Recent flood and landslide triggered by heavy rain in central and western Nepal left nearly 220 people dead over the past two weeks.<br /><br />62 dead bodies have been recovered from the disaster affected districts mainly Surkhet and Bardiya in western Nepal over the past three days, Home Ministry spokesperson Shanker Koirala told PTI.<br /><br />44 people have been injured and 81 people have gone missing from these areas, he said.<br />The government has evacuated 12,000 people from Banke and Bardiya districts over the weekend, Koirala added.<br /><br />Today, 15 people including 11 injured have been rescued from Jajarkot district, with the assistance of Nepal Army and police personnel, he said.<br /><br />25 houses were swept away in Birendranagar Municipality in Surkhet district.<br /><br />"We will ask government of India for help if required, the Home Ministry spokesperson said.<br /><br />Two weeks ago the blockade of water in Sunkoshi river caused by massive landslide killed 156 people in Sindhupalchok district bordering Tibet, some 90 km east of Kathmandu.</p>