Nepal has launched a two-day nationwide campaign to distribute free Vitamin A capsules and deworming medicines to young children. The government expects about 2.1 million children to receive Vitamin A supplements and about 2 million to receive deworming medicine. The programme has mobilised more than 62,000 female community health volunteers and health workers.
Nepal’s Cabinet has decided to accept a USD 305 million assistance package from the Asian Development Bank for road improvement projects. The decision was one of six major decisions taken at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, which also covered fertilizer regulation, land subdivision deadlines, Nepal’s participation in COP31 and proposed amendments to existing laws.
Authorities in Rautahat have urged people living along the Bagmati River to move to safer locations after water levels at the Kulekhani reservoir increased, raising concerns about possible downstream flooding.
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