Breadwinners missing: Dalit kids left in the lurch
Summary
Three Dalit labourers from Saptari are missing after flooding in the Bhotekoshi area of Rasuwa, leaving their families in severe distress. Local youths and women in Rajbiraj have stepped in with food and essential supplies for the affected households.
Key Points
- Three labourers from Boriya, Rajbiraj-16, went missing after floods in the Bhotekoshi area of Rasuwa while working at hydropower project powerhouses.
- Their families, including children and elderly parents, are struggling for food and basic necessities after losing their sole breadwinners.
- Local youths and women from Rajbiraj Municipality-16 and 6 collected relief materials and delivered them to the affected families.
- Each family received rice, beaten rice, noodles, lentils, salt, potatoes, onions, cooking oil, spices and firewood.
