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‘Don’t ask for helicopters without urgent work, use alternative routes’

Kathmandu. The concerned authorities have been requested not to demand rescue by helicopter unless there is urgent work.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) has urged all not to demand helicopters for unnecessary work as helicopters are required for emergency search and rescue as well as for transporting relief materials.TAG_OPEN_div_18

Spokesperson Shanti Mahat said that demand has been made for air rescue from the least affected, unaffected and people who are safe in high altitude.TAG_OPEN_div_16

A total of 3,TAG_OPEN_div_14 596 people, including 252 foreigners and 3,344 Nepalis, have been airlifted from the flood-affected areas of Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha and Tanahun districts.

TAG_OPEN_div_12 The Authority has appealed to the general public to use the alternative route. An alternative route is in operation to reach the Prithvi Highway via Master (Hamlet Restaurant) via Dhadingbesi-Parewatar-Nepaltar-Gajuritar-Pipaltar-Adamtar-Belintar and Keurinitar.

Similarly, the alternative route connecting Rasuwa to Bidur-Dhikure-Chaughada-Aanpra-Narja-Lachyang-Sarmarthale-Patikharka has been opened for the operation of four-wheeler small vehicles via Bogatitar (Pasang Lhamu Highway, Rasuwa)-Kalikasthan-Dhunche.TAG_OPEN_div_10

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