Nepal, Sept. 15 -- CPN-UML's Parliamentary Party Deputy Leader Padma Kumari Aryal has demanded formation of a high-level parliamentary committee to oversee relief, search and rescue, reconstruction and rehabilitation operations in the wake of August 26's Bhotekoshi flood.

Speaking in today's meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR), Deputy Leader Aryal insisted that the government and other concerned agencies should step up ongoing relief distribution, search and rescue efforts and rehabilitation and reconstruction operations.

Aryal also voiced her concern that the incumbent government and concerned authorities were unable to take timely initiatives to secure international assistance to support and expedite post-disaster response...