The families of eight persons killed in the recent flooding in Itahari have received the relief amount. Each of the deceased's family received Rs 200,000.
The UN World Food Program (WFP) has started distribution of food supplies to 180,000 people struck by massive flooding in the wake of incessant monsoon downpours.
Minister for Agriculture Development Ram Krishna Yadav has said that the government will introduce a grand relief package to the victims of floods and landslides in Terai very soon.
The Indian government has offered NRS 400 million as relief to the victims of the flood and landslides triggered by the downpour in Terai.
The devastating monsoon floods and landslides sparked by the three days of relentless downpour in central and western Terai have claimed lives of at least 115 people, 38 are still