PM Deuba grieves death of six people in Sudurpaschim earthquake
I have instructed relevant agencies to arrange immediate & proper treatment of the injured & victims in the affected areas," he wrote on Twitter.
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister and Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba has condoled the death of six persons due to house collapse during an earthquake in Doti last night.
An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale and with its epicentre in the Khaptad National Park in Doti hit the area at 2.12 am today.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased. “Expressing my heartfelt condolences to families of those who died in the earthquake, which was centred in the Khaptad region of Far West. I have instructed relevant agencies to arrange immediate & proper treatment of the injured & victims in the affected areas,” he wrote on Twitter.
सुदूरपश्चिमको खप्तड क्षेत्र केन्द्रविन्दु बनाई गएको भूकम्पमा परि मृत्यु हुनेहरुप्रति हार्दिक श्रदाञ्जली व्यक्त गर्दै परिवारजनमा समवेदना प्रकट गर्दछु । साथै प्रभावित क्षेत्रमा राहत र उद्दारमा खटिन र घाईतेहरुको तत्काल उचित उपचारको प्रबन्ध गर्न सम्बन्धित निकायलाई निर्देशन दिएको छु।
— Sher Bahadur Deuba (@SherBDeuba) November 9, 2022
Six persons, including three from the same family, were killed when a house collapsed due to the tremor at Gairag aun, Purbi Chauki Rural Municipality-3 in Doti district.