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Situation Update of Surkhet / 22 April 2020 According to INSEC Representative Nanda Singh, the government has not responded to the fifth request for the rescue of senior citizens and students in . Stating that the children of Humla are stranded in Nepalgunj, the parents have demanded rescue for the fifth time at the District Administration Office, Humla on April 21. As many as 190 Humla residents have been stranded in Nepalgunj since the lockdown began. The people of Humla, who are preparing to come to Humla from and other parts of the country, including India, have been stranded since March 23 due to the Lock-down. We have requested the Chief District Officer and local level officials five times, but no one has responded, said Teke Rokaya, a local leader. Chief District Officer Binita Bhattarai said that the rescue operation would be launched only after the details of the number of homeless people from each municipality are known. Similarly, the rice coming to Humla's Deuli Distribution Center and Sarkegad Depot has been stopped for a week on the way to Humla. Residents of the lower part of Humla were deprived of consuming rice after the ward chairperson of Chhayannath Rara Municipality-14 stopped them from coming to Humla. Three trucks carrying food to Humla were stopped at Bam village on April 17 under the direction of Nandalal Badhuwal, Ward Chairman of Chhayannath Rara Municipality-14. Chief District Officer of Mugu Krishna Kumar Niraula said that the rice was being stopped by the locals saying that the mule should be allowed to be carried by the villagers. Prajia Niraula informed that they had to fire in the air to control the situation after the villagers pelted stones at the police while trying to transport the stopped rice.

According to INSEC Representative Dinesh Shrestha, Karnali province Assembly Member Karbir Shahi has rescued various locals of Jajarkot stranded at Babai Bridge on the Karnali State border. They have rescued 50 stranded citizens of Jajarkot Municipality, Junichande Municipality, Shivalaya Municipality, Barekot Municipality, Bheri Municipality and Municipality and sent them to the district. According to Shahi, the rescued people have been handed over to be monitored by the concerned village and municipality after checking their health at Chheda Bazaar in Shivalaya. Similarly, all the reports have been negative after a quick test of 25 people in Kushe village municipality on April 21. Although there are more than a thousand citizens from Kalapahad, other countries and districts of India who have recently come to the village municipality, only 25 people have been tested due to lack of adequate kits, said rural municipality chair Harichandra Basnet.

According to INSEC District Representative Amar Sunar, the Crisis Management Center Dailekh has decided to set up a help desk at Guranse, the main entry point for all the 11 local levels of the district. Prem Bahadur , coordinator of the District Coordinating Committee, said that the decision was taken for the safety of the citizens.The meeting has decided to keep those coming from India and third countries directly in quarantine and those coming from within to stay in home quarantine under the supervision of the people's representative of the ward.

According to INSEC Salyan District Representative Mina Budhathoki, 132 people in Vangad Kupinde Municipality and 41 people in Kalimati Village Municipality underwent RDT test, said Salyan Hospital Chief Dr Arjun Budha. In which everyone's report is negative. Of the more than 180 people from third countries including India in the municipality, only 132 have been tested for RDT. Meanwhile, Jagrit Savings and Loan Cooperative Society Limited has contributed Rs 51,000 to the relief fund set up by Sarada Municipality, said Kishor Kumar Hamal, chairman of the society. Similarly, Kumakh Rural Municipality has provided relief to 238 needy families. Rural Municipality Chairman Dil Maya Budha said that the relief was provided only to the victims identified by the concerned ward office.

According to INSEC Rukum West District Representative Manisha KC, a district level human rights monitoring committee has been formed on April 21. The committee formed under the coordination of Narayan Kumar Shah, president of NGO Federation, has INSEC district representative Manisha KC, Nepal Bar Association president Yakka Bahadur Pandey, Harplace Nepal president Sunita BM and oppressed community development center president Khadka Bahadur as members. Similarly, Musikot, Athaviskot and Chaurajahari municipalities have provided vehicles to take the workers from outside the district to their homes. Musikot Municipality has sent two buses to Kathmandu and Gorkha. Athaviskot Municipality has also sent a bus to Gorkha's Arughat, said Athaviskot Municipality Chief Gorkha Bahadur KC. Mayor KC said that the construction work of the isolation building in Athaviskot has been completed and some equipment connection work is yet to be completed. The Chaurajahari municipality, on the other hand, has brought 11 workers from Kathmandu and placed them in quarantine. Similarly, the remaining people at the three local levels of the district have been tested quickly. A total of 146 people, including 107 in Chaurajahari Municipality, 20 in Saniveri Municipality and 19 in Triveni Municipality, have been tested and their reports have been negative, said Ishwor Rawal, Corona Virus Prevention and Control Focal Person at the Health Services Office.

According to INSEC Representative Kali Bahadur Malla, local level people's representatives have started rescuing the people of Kalikot who were stranded in Nepalgunj, Kohalpur and Surkhet due to the lockdown. Rural Municipality Chairman Laxman Bam said that 60 people have been brought to Kalikot by the Palata rural Municipality till April 22. Similarly, Tilagufa Municipality, Municipality and Shubhakalika Municipality have also started collecting data on the number of people stranded outside the district. A total of 311 people, including 14 women and 296 men from India and other countries, have been tested in different parts of the district in the first phase till April 22. Katak Mahat, information officer at the health office in Kalikot, said that the reports of all of them were negative.

According to INSEC District Representative Mandatta Rawal, two youths who reached Jumla from Chitwan for wages are in crisis due to lockdown.They have taken shelter at the house of Satyadevi Dangi of Tatopani Gaonpalika-2 Jumla. Similarly, Mewakal Shah of Janaki Gaonpalika 7 Kailali and Mewakal Shah of Ardash Kotwal Gaonpalika 8 Bara have also gone to Jumla to earn daily wages. Shah had gone to Jumla for business. According to Shah, eight others from Bara are also stranded in Jumla. INSEC District Representative Mandatta Rawal and Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Jumla Vice President Netra Shahi personally provided 30 kg of rice to two youths stranded in Jumla.According to INSEC Representative Jeevan Sejuwal, Municipality, Soru and Mugum Karmarong Municipality have started rescuing their citizens from outside the district from April 21.The Chhayanath Rara Municipality has reserved four buses for those stranded in Nepalgunj and other places and five buses for 394 people in Surkhet. Similarly, Mugum Karmarong rural Municipality has also reserved a bus to rescue its citizens in Kathmandu. Similarly, Soru rural municipality has also stated that they have to rescue the locals. Similarly, an all- party meeting held at the District Administration Office on April 22 has decided that those who are suspected of having corona virus and those from India and other third countries should stay in quarantine for 14 days.

According to INSEC Representative Durga Thapa, the victims have been living in the Women's Training Center at after being displaced by the floods on July 2014. The relief was distributed on April 22 by the party after requesting the municipality for additional relief. There are 108 people from 17 families in the flood victims' camp at the training center. Similarly, the Birendranagar Municipality has brought shelter for the people stranded due to the lockdown and precautionary home to keep the people at risk of infection. According to Hari , coordinator of the shelter and former caution home management committee, 15 people from the shelter at the Bagina and Lok Dohori Pratisthan building near the municipality returned home on April 22. According to him, there are 3 people from Kalikot, 6 people from Barahatal of Surkhet and 6 people from Birendranagar Municipality returning home on foot. According to Chhetri, those in the cautionary home will return home only after consulting a health worker.

According to INSEC Representative Bishnu Prasad Devkota, a human rights monitoring committee has been formed in Dolpa under the leadership of INSEC Representative Bishnu Prasad Devkota. Representatives of NGO Federation Yogendra Budha, President of Civil Society Sher Bahadur Budha, Vice President of Federation of Nepali Journalists Tek Bahadur Shahi and Journalist Ram Chandra Neupane are members of the committee. The first meeting of the committee has decided to request the Chief District Officer to arrange passes for the eight local levels for monitoring. INSEC Karnali Province Office, Surkhet