Nepal floods: Indian volunteers take relief to isolated communities
Indian volunteers are navigating difficult terrain in Nepal to deliver essential relief supplies to isolated communities devastated by recent floods. The effort focuses on remote areas where infrastructure damage has hindered government access and left families without basic necessities.
Why it matters
The logistical challenges in reaching isolated flood victims highlight the critical role of non-governmental aid in disaster response when state infrastructure is severely compromised.
For nearly 20 members of a family in Trishuli, one room has become home after devastating floods destroyed homes, cut roads and left several families without basic amenities. A week on, Indian volunteers are travelling up to 10 hours through damaged mountain roads and bridges to take food, bedding and household essentials to such communities, while some areas of Rasuwa remain accessible only by helicopter.
The relief effort is increasingly shifting from accessible flood-hit areas to isolated settlements, where families have lost homes, livestock, belongings and livelihoods, but the terrain and damaged infrastructure make reaching them difficult.
“Almost a week after the floods, some of the more accessible areas are slowly seeing relief reach them, but our biggest concern now is reaching the families who have been most severely affected and remain isolated,” Manohar Naidu, a Khalsa Aid volunteer, told The Hindu from Nepal.
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