Gagan Thapa Criticizes Government Response to Flood Victims and Tunnel Incident
Summary
Gagan Thapa has criticized the government’s response to flood victims in Bhote Koshi-affected areas, saying compassion and coordination are lacking. He also urged immediate legal changes for missing persons, stronger tunnel rescue protocols, and aggressive lobbying for climate finance at the UN General Assembly.
Key Points
- Gagan Thapa said the state and society are showing too little compassion to families affected by the Bhote Koshi flood in Nuwakot, Rasuwa and Dhading.
- He criticized the government's handling of the tunnel rescue effort, saying experts and engineers should have been allowed in earlier and that political coordination was poor.
- Thapa said the 12-year legal rule for declaring missing persons dead is causing problems for insurance, pensions and relief, and called for immediate amendments.
- He urged the government to treat climate change as a national security issue and to push for climate justice and grant-based climate financing at the UN General Assembly.
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