Chief Secretary Ek Narayan Aryal, who has to lead the administration of emergency rescue and relief arrangements while the country is facing disaster due to floods, was busy paying respects with garlands and food in different places of home district Syangja.

Generally, the Chief Secretary cannot leave the capital when the Prime Minister is not in the country, even though the forecast division of the Meteorological Department warned the citizens and state agencies that the incessant rain could cause disaster a week ago, the Chief Secretary Aryal reached Syangja on Friday. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was in America to attend the United Nations General Assembly.

Chief Secretary Aryal, who is in charge of the leadership of the permanent government, was busy with various programs in Syangja when the citizens in different parts of the country, including the capital, were crying out for help from the floods and inundation and there was a lack of coordination between the state agencies. He was welcomed with an umbrella in the midst of the rain.  

Aryal was enjoying the program organized in his honor when the capital city was submerged by the flood and the landslide buried the passenger bus and could not be rescued. A source close to Singh said that Chief Secretary Aryal did not even pick up the phone while Deputy Prime Minister and Cooperative Development Minister Prakashman Singh, who has also held the charge of the Prime Minister in the capital since

, was looking for him. "Chief Secretary Aryal did not even pick up the phone when he sought to discuss holding the meeting of the Disaster Management Committee and the Council of Ministers on Saturday, and he did not even attend the all-party meeting on Sunday," said a source close to Singh.

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On the other hand, Aryal, who is in Syangja, was narrating the latest statistics of the dead in the honor program . "It is actually a dangerous situation today, it has been informed here". At present, 107 people have died. Similarly, more than 65 people are missing. Aryal was saying at the congratulatory and honor program on Sunday, "I have requested to call a meeting under the chairmanship of the Acting Prime Minister, the discussion is underway." He was narrating the complaint to the nearby ministers.

Chief Secretary Aryal was speaking after congratulating and praying to Pashupatinath that those who disappeared due to floods, landslides and inundation will be found alive. "There will have to be some address on behalf of the state." Those who are victims, those who are injured, those who have received death warrants are matters that we have to do on behalf of the state," Chief Secretary Aryal was saying, "heartfelt tributes to those who died and condolences to the families. Our security personnel are looking for those who are missing. I want to pray to Lord Sri Pashupatinath that I can be found alive.' 

Incessant rain started across the country from Thursday night, and on Friday and Saturday heavy rains caused floods, landslides and inundation in various parts of the country including Kathmandu Valley. As of Monday afternoon, the number of people who have died due to floods and drowning has reached 200. 127 people are injured and 26 people are missing. Affected by floods  More than 4,222 people have been rescued by security personnel.