Nepal Embassy aid for citizens under study

RIYADH: Nepalese Embassy officials will be having talks with fellow nationals in Qassim this week to determine if they need help for their families back home. The sessions would be held in Buraidah and Unaizah on Friday with about 10,000 citizens, said Ambassador Udayaraj Pandey on Thursday.
“The aim is to confer with them regarding their status and determine what their government can do for them,” Pandey told Arab News.
The Nepalese envoy said 500,000 Nepalese work in the Kingdom, with 100,000 in Riyadh. After the earthquake about 1,000 left, with many more planning to do so, he said.
“Thousands of people have been killed and injured, and hundreds of thousands of houses completely destroyed. Many people were rendered homeless,” he said.
He said the government has undertaken various rescue, relief and reconstruction measures. “As an immediate response, the government enforced the Essential Services Operation Act of 1957 to ensure supply of essential goods and services to the affected region,” he said.
Nepal was hit by a massive earthquake on April 25, with several severe aftershocks afterwards. The Kingdom sent 190 tons of aid to the country. Local firms such as Burj Rafal Kempinski gave their staff cash donations.