File Kathmandu, September 18 Families of people missing in the Bhotekoshi floods

From Onlinekhabar English

File Kathmandu, September 18 Families of people missing in the Bhotekoshi floods are facing a threefold hardship. They are not only grieving the loss of their loved ones but have also lost their homes, land and businesses. In addition, the bodies of their loved ones have not been recovered. The legal procedures they must complete have added to their uncertainty. Families who have already performed funeral rites using symbolic bodies made of kusha grass according to religious tradition now face further hardship due to lengthy legal procedures to establish the deaths of their loved ones. A relative of a person who went missing in the Rasuwa floods recently visited Tarkeshwor Municipality in Kathmandu to obtain a missing-person certificate. However, the municipality could not issue such a certificate. According to Tarkeshwor Municipality Chief Administrative Officer Dharmaraj Lamsal, under the general legal procedure, a missing-person certificate cannot be issued until 12 years have passed. Some relatives of people missing in the Rasuwa floods are permanent or temporary residents of Tarkeshwor Municipality.