Floods claim six more lives

Floods claim six more lives

Himalayan News Service


(Left) A rickshaw-puller and a motorcycle rider have a tough time navigating a waterlogged street in Biratnagar on Thursday. Houses submerged in floodwaters in Rajbiraj in Saptari (right). Dang/Itahari, July 26:

Floods triggered by incessant rains killed six people in various parts of the country today. Five persons of a family were killed when a landslide triggered by rains buried a house at Kavrechaur VDC-3 of Salyan district today, our Dang correspondent reported.
According to the police, the landslide buried the house of Dhal Bahadur Ramjali killing himself, his wife and his three children.
Sunsari, Morang, Saptari, Siraha, Bara, Parsa and Banke have been reeling under floods and rains for three days.
Sita Devi Bohora, 40, of Syadi in Bajhang district, died when a landslide struck her house today, police said. In Bhukduwa of Saptari, Lalan Das’ daughter Mamta, 16, drowned in the Mahuli Khola. Ganesh BK of Dafe in Bardiya drowned in the Pedani Khola at Khajura, Banke.
Two children have gone missing in Bankatte of Banke, police said.
The flooded Rapti and Duduwa rivers have swamped most of the villages in seven VDCs of Banke.
Banke CDO Krishna Acharya said police and army teams have been mobilised to rescue the affected people. Over 20 villages in Banke are waterlogged.
Sixteen VDCs, including some in Itahari and Inaruwa municipalities of Sunsari district, are waterlogged, while floods swept away three houses in Narsingh VDC of Sunsari.
In Siraha, Kusheshwor Mahara and 11-year-old Rina Kumari Sada of Anarma-Prapi-5 were injured when a log fell on them as the flooded Mainawati Khola swept away a house.
Twenty VDCs of Siraha are waterlogged due to floods in Kamala, Khuttikhola, Mainawati, Gagan, Sahaja, Khutti, Ghurmi and Galthi rivers.
In Saptari, 400 houses are waterlogged. The Khando river burst the Bhim dam and spilled
over into Nopa, Kobarsain, Kamdhepura, Sakapura, Bamangamakatti, Koiladi and Rampuramalhaniya VDCs.
Two hundred houses are waterlogged in Bangebazaar tole of Fattehpur, another 200 in Naya bazaar of Theliya and 40 in Bhagni, Maleth and Odraha.
Over 2,000 houses in Tandeshwari VDC in Udayapur are waterlogged.
In Sarlahi, nine houses collapsed while floodwaters entered 50 houses, police said. In Malangawa, 94 houses collapsed after floodwaters entered 23 villages.
Rural roads have been blocked in Ilam, which has been lashed by rains since a fortnight.
In Morang, Urlabari, Pathari, Itahara and other areas are waterlogged. Three hundred families in Hokalwadi Tole of Mahabhara and other areas in Jhapa district have marooned due to flooding in the Baniyani river and Kamal Khola. Over 1,000 houses are waterlogged in Bardiya district.
In Rautahat, 136 houses collapsed in 18 VDCS and Gaur municipality wards 6 and 9. Half a dozen villages are swamped in Nawalparasi district, while dozens of villages are swamped in Dhanusha district.

Source: THT