Highlights
On 11 June, pre-monsoon heavy rains in Taplejung district in eastern Nepal caused severe landslides resulting in 53 fatalities, 12 injuries with people still missing. More than two dozen houses in the six Village Development Committees (VDCs) were reported to have been washed away by landslides. At the same time several trail bridges and a micro hydro power house was also damaged in neighboring Sankhuwasabha district.
As a result of continuous advocacy with the Government of Nepal, UNICEF achieved in having confirmed its continuous tax exemption status for UNICEF supplies under the emergency operation. No taxes, fees, tolls or duties have been levied on all supplies and services intended for UNICEF's programme activities in Nepal.
220,000 toilets in the 14 severely affected districts were assessed to be unusable and it could cost USD $100 million to restore the water and sanitation sector to its pre-earthquake status.
The devastating earthquake of April 25 and subsequent aftershocks have caused damage worth NPRs 513.38 billion (about US$ 5.045 billion) to physical Nepal’s infrastructure and assets, and inflicted an income loss of another NPRs 187.08 billion (about US$1.87 billion) according to initial findings of the Post Disaster Needs Assessment — a draft report prepared by the National Planning Commission and which was commented in the local media.