Over the past week, several of Nepal’s parliamentary committees announced or held meetings on the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli disaster response and on pending legislation, according to Nepali news outlets.
Two special committees scheduled sessions on the disaster. The committee on the impact of climate change in the Himalaya, climate justice and the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli disaster was to hear from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority on November 2, and from the finance and infrastructure development ministries on November 6, on rescue, relief and reconstruction progress. A separate special committee on the Bhotekoshi and Kaligandaki corridors was to meet officials of the women, children and social security ministry and the health and food hygiene ministry on November 3.
On legislation, the National Assembly’s Legislation Management Committee passed two subcommittee reports unanimously on November 3, Nepal Press reported. The House of Representatives’ Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee took up the Reconciliation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2083, with meetings reported for November 3 and November 5.
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Parliamentary committees took up the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli disaster response and pending bills over the past week, and the National Assembly’s Legislation Management Committee passed two subcommittee reports on November 3.
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