IOM-Local Government Partner to Build Multi-purpose Evacuation Center
Kathmandu, 14 Dec – IOM and Changu Narayan Municipality in Bhaktapur District have begun work on a multi-purpose evacuation center to accommodate displaced people in the event of a disaster. The initiative is part of an IOM project: “ People to People Support for Building Community Resilience through Recovery and Reconstruction in Nepal (P2P)” funded by the Royal Thai Government. Thai Ambassador to Nepal Bhakavat Tanskul, IOM Chief of Mission Paul Norton and Changu Narayan Municipality Mayor Som Prasad Mishra attended the groundbreaking ceremony, which took place today (14/12) at Helmet Danda, Bhaktapur. District officials and representatives of the Ministry of Urban Development, the Armed Forces and the community also took part. Addressing the event Ambassador Tanskul said, “Today’s ground breaking ceremony for the construction of a multipurpose community center in Changu Narayan Municipality is an auspicious moment for our two countries for it represents Thailand’s s