A flood / landslide situation map
Showing posts with label Landslides. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Landslides. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Nepal Landslide and Flood Situation Map as of July 30, 2007
Here is the map that shows the districts and VDCs (Village Development Committees) affected by floods and landslides during heavy monsoon rains as of July 30, 2007.
A flood / landslide situation map
A flood / landslide situation map
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Govt intensifies rescue efforts in flood-hit districts; NC, CPN-M to mobilise cadres
Govt intensifies rescue efforts in flood-hit districts; NC, CPN-M to mobilise cadres
Although the government has said it has intensified relief and rescue operations in flood-hit areas it still hasn’t been quite effective.
As incessant rain continues to aggravate the situation in flood-hit areas of Terai region, government’s rescue works have been seriously affected, leaving the flood victims in serious want of food, safe drinking water, clothes and accommodations.
According to Baman Prasad Nepane, spokesperson at the Home Ministry, the government has intensified the distribution of relief materials in flood and landslides affected areas, but he admitted that bad weather conditions have caused some difficulty in carrying out rescue operations in some districts.
As eastern and central Terai region has witnessed heavy rainfall today morning also rescue teams are facing all sorts of difficulties on the ground.
According to the Department of Meteorology, the downpour will continue as there are still many days left for the monsoon season to end.
In the face of difficulties, the government has deployed the army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police to carry out rescue operations in flood and landslide affected districts.
More than three dozen people have died in floods, while thousands of families have been displaced in Terai districts. At least 10 deaths were reported on Sunday.
Floods have badly affected life in districts like Jhapa, Morang, Siraha, Sarlahi, Udaypur, Bara, Parsa, Rautahat, Mahottari, Dhanusha and Saptari while western districts like Banke, Bardiya and Kailali have also witnessed death and destruction.
Meanwhile, the Nepali Congress (NC) has constituted Relief and Rescue Committee headed by party general secretary K.B Gurung Sunday in order to intensify rescue efforts in flood-hit areas.
A meeting of NC Central Working Committee (CWC) held at Prime Minister’s residence today morning formed the committee. The committee also decided to collect donations, keep record of the loss of lives and property in floods and landslides and will also mobilise its local activists for providing immediate relief to the victims.
The meeting has also asked the government to intensify rescue efforts in the affected districts.
Meanwhile, the CPN (Maoist) has also directed the party’s youth wing, Young Communist League, to involve in rescue and relief operations in flood-hit areas.
Similarly, the Nepal Medical Association (NMA) has decided to work with the government to mitigate the outbreak of disease in the flood-hit districts.
The association has called on all doctors and health-workers associated with it to be ready to take on the challenge of providing immediate health service in the affected areas. nepalnews.com ag July 29 07
Although the government has said it has intensified relief and rescue operations in flood-hit areas it still hasn’t been quite effective.
As incessant rain continues to aggravate the situation in flood-hit areas of Terai region, government’s rescue works have been seriously affected, leaving the flood victims in serious want of food, safe drinking water, clothes and accommodations.
According to Baman Prasad Nepane, spokesperson at the Home Ministry, the government has intensified the distribution of relief materials in flood and landslides affected areas, but he admitted that bad weather conditions have caused some difficulty in carrying out rescue operations in some districts.
As eastern and central Terai region has witnessed heavy rainfall today morning also rescue teams are facing all sorts of difficulties on the ground.
According to the Department of Meteorology, the downpour will continue as there are still many days left for the monsoon season to end.
In the face of difficulties, the government has deployed the army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police to carry out rescue operations in flood and landslide affected districts.
More than three dozen people have died in floods, while thousands of families have been displaced in Terai districts. At least 10 deaths were reported on Sunday.
Floods have badly affected life in districts like Jhapa, Morang, Siraha, Sarlahi, Udaypur, Bara, Parsa, Rautahat, Mahottari, Dhanusha and Saptari while western districts like Banke, Bardiya and Kailali have also witnessed death and destruction.
Meanwhile, the Nepali Congress (NC) has constituted Relief and Rescue Committee headed by party general secretary K.B Gurung Sunday in order to intensify rescue efforts in flood-hit areas.
A meeting of NC Central Working Committee (CWC) held at Prime Minister’s residence today morning formed the committee. The committee also decided to collect donations, keep record of the loss of lives and property in floods and landslides and will also mobilise its local activists for providing immediate relief to the victims.
The meeting has also asked the government to intensify rescue efforts in the affected districts.
Meanwhile, the CPN (Maoist) has also directed the party’s youth wing, Young Communist League, to involve in rescue and relief operations in flood-hit areas.
Similarly, the Nepal Medical Association (NMA) has decided to work with the government to mitigate the outbreak of disease in the flood-hit districts.
The association has called on all doctors and health-workers associated with it to be ready to take on the challenge of providing immediate health service in the affected areas. nepalnews.com ag July 29 07
Friday, July 27, 2007
२५ सय परिवार विस्थापित
२५ सय परिवार विस्थापित
कान्तिपुर संवाददाता
काठमाडौं, साउन १० - अविरल वषर्ाले मुलुकका विभिन्न भागको जनजीवन थप प्रभावित भएको
छ । पहिरोमा परी सल्यानमा एकै परिवारका ५ जनाको मृत्यु भएको छ । सप्तरीमा बाढीले बगाउँदा थप एक बालिकाको मृत्यु भएको छ । कयौं घाइते भएका छन् । घर बगाउँदा र डुबानमा पर्दा कम्तीमा २५ सय परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् । डुबानमा परेका घरको छतमा बसेकाहरूको उद्धार गर्न सकिएको छैन ।
धेरै स्थानमा यातायात र आवत-जावत अवरुद्ध भएको छ । सयौं यात्रु अलपत्र परेका छन् । विद्यालयलगायतका सार्वजनिक सरोकारका निकाय बन्द भएका छन् । कैयौं ठाउँमा विद्युत् अवरुद्ध हुन पुगेको छ । हजारौं पीडितहरू विद्यालय र सार्वजनिक स्थलमा शरण लिएर बसेका छन् । विभिन्न ठाउँमा दैनिक उपभोग्य वस्तुको अभाव हुन थालेको छ । घटना धेरै ठाउँमा भएका र वषर्ा अविरल भइरहेकाले उद्धारमा अप्ठ्यारो परेको छ । प्रशासन सबै ठाउँमा पुग्न नसक्दा क्षतिको यकिन विवरण प्राप्त हुन सकेको छैन ।
सल्यानको विकट काप्रेचौर गाविस ३ छरछरेमा बिहीबार बिहान पहिरोले घर पुरिँदा एकै घरका ५ जनाको मृत्यु भएको हो । मृत्यु हुनेमा ढालबहादुर राम्जाली, उनकी श्रीमती र छोराछोरी छन् ।
परिवारका दुई बच्चा भने बच्न सफल भएका छन् । पहिरो आइरहेकाले उद्धारमा कठिनाइ भइरहेको स्थानीय बासिन्दाले जनाएका छन् । जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालयले काप्रेचौरबाट नजिक पर्ने कालिमाटी चौकीलाई खटाइएको जनाएको छ ।
यस्तै मोहली खोलामा आएको बाढीले बगाउँदा सप्तरी बकधुवा-९ का लालु दासकी १२ वषर्ीया छोरी ममताको बिहीबार मृत्यु भएको छ । बिहान दाउरा खोज्न जाँदा उनलाई खोलाले बगाएको थियो ।
बर्दियाको बबई र कणर्ाली नदीमा आएको बाढीले बिहीबार करिब दुई हजार परिवार विस्थापित भएका
छन् । उनीहरूले राजमार्गको छेउ र स्थानीय विद्यालयमा शरण लिएका छन् । गुलरिया नगरपालिकाको बालापुर, तुलसीपुर, रामपुर टप्पु, रत्नापुर, मडहजिया, थपुवा, कोठिया गाउँ डुबानमा परेका छन् । महम्मदपुर गाविसको सूर्यगौडी, टडुवा, जमुनी गाविस-१ फुटहा, बगनाहा गाविस-२ मुक्त कमैया बस्ती, भिम्मापुर गाविस-७, भालुफाँटलगायत ठाउँमा बाढीले २ हजार घरपरिवार विस्थापित भएको जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालयका प्रशासकीय अधिकृत केशव शर्माले जनाएका छन् ।
३२ केभी प्रसारण लाइनको कयौं पोल बगाएकाले बिहानदेखि जिल्लामा विद्युत् आपूर्ति ठप्प छ । बाढी नघटेसम्म विद्युत् आपूर्ति नहुने विद्युत् प्राधिकरणले जनाएको छ । गुलरिया-नेपालगन्ज सडक र भुरीगाउँ ढोढरी सडकमाथि पानी बगेकाले यातायात बन्द छ । गुलरिया-१३ मजहडिया र बाँध पुरुवालगायत महम्मदपुर गाविस-सूर्यगौडीमा घरका छतमाथि बसेका करिब २५ जनाको उद्धार गर्न कठिनाइ भएको डीएसपी कमल खरेलले बताए । सिद्धि बक्स गण, सशस्त्र प्रहरी र जनपथ प्रहरी बाढीपीडितको उद्धारका लागि खटिएका छन् । प्रतिकूल मौसम र र्यापरको अभावमा छतमाथि बसेकाको उद्धार गर्न नसकिएको खरेलले बताए ।
कणर्ाली नदीको टप्पु राजापुर जोड्ने जलमार्ग कोठियाघाटमा बाढीका कारण डुंगा, स्टिमर ठप्प भएकाले सयौं यात्रु अलपत्र परेको एमाले जिल्ला कमिटी उपसचिव हरि ज्ञवालीले बताए । टप्पुको मनाउ, खैरीचन्दनपुद्युर, राजापुरलगायत गाविसमा बाढीले सयौं घर डुबानमा परेका छन् । विस्थापितका लागि खाने, बस्ने व्यवस्था गर्न नेपाल रेडक्रस जिल्ला शाखाको पहलमा आठ दललगायत विभिन्न संघ-संस्था परिचालित छन् ।
रौतहटको दुई दर्जन गाविसमा एक सय बढी घर भत्किएका छन् । घर भत्किँदा जिङ्गडवा बेलबिछुवा गाविसका शेष अतिउल्लाहका ५ वषर्ीय छोरा थिचिएर घाइते भएका छन् । उनको वीरगन्जमा उपचार भइरहेको छ । जिल्लाको गौर नपा, औरैया, इनरबारी, मिठुअवा, अजगैबी, जिङ्गडवा, करुनिया, इनर्बा, पथराबुधरामपुर, भषेडवा, धरमुरपुर लगायत दुई दर्जन गाविसमा एक सय बढी घर भत्किएको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ ।
सिरहामा घर बगाउँदा खम्बामा चेपिएर अर्नमा प्रपी-५ का कुशेश्वर महरा सख्त घाइते भएका छन् । सोही स्थ्ाानका पछुवा सदाका ११ वषर्ीया छोरी रीना कुमारी घरको भित्ताले चेपिएर घाइते भएकी छिन् । दुवैको स्थानीय उपचार केन्द्रमा उपचार भइरहेको छ । मैनावती खोलामा आएको बाढीका कारण अर्नमा प्रपी-५ र ६ का ६० घरपरिवार विस्थापित भई स्थानीय विद्यालयमा बसेका छन् ।
हरकट्टी गाविसस्थित दसगजा क्षेत्रमा निर्माण गरिएको बाँधका कारण दर्जनौं गाविस डुबानमा पर्दा हजारौं बासिन्दा बिचल्लीमा परेका छन् । त्यहाँ सतहदेखि पाँच फिटमाथिसम्म पानी जमेको छ । पाँच सय परिवार विस्थापित हुने अवस्थामा छन् । बाढीले बरियारपट्टी, सुखीपुर, औरही, तुल्सीपुर, पिप्रा प्रपी, तेनुवापट्टी, इटाटार, जानकीनगर, ठेंगही, गौरीपुर, सिलोर्वापछबारी, कबिलासी, महनौर, बल्ही, हरिनगर, कुशहलक्ष्मीनिया, विद्यानगर, जिझौल, कचनारीलगायतका गाविस डुवानमा परेका छन् ।
दमकमा २ सयभन्दा बढी घरमा पानी पसेको छ । सयौं बिघा धानखेती कटानमा परेको छ । धरमपुर-१ मा कमल खोलामा आएको बाढीले ४५ घर विस्थापित छन् । खोलाले बहाव बदलेर गाउँतिर पसेपछि घरहरू डुबानमा परेका हुन् । अनारमनी-७ अदुवा खोलामा आएको बाढीले घर डुबानमा परेपछि ३७ सुकुम्बासी परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् । कन्काई नदीले सतासीधाम-८ का २० भन्दा बढी परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् । दमकको दिपेनी खोलाको बाढीले २० भन्दा बढी घर डुबानमा परेका छन् । बाढीका कारण सुरुंगा कुच्मरक्खोड धरमपुर चोकबाट गाउँतिर जाने सडक अवरुद्ध भएको छ ।
पर्वतमा पहिरोमा परी पांग गाविस-४ का तेजराम सुवेदी र सुशीला कार्की घाइते भएका छन् । खेमबहादुर मल्ल र दीपक सुवेदीको घरमा क्षति पुगेको छ । पोखरा-बागलुङ राजमार्ग तथा मालढुंगा-बेनी सडक अवरुद्ध छ । मालढुंगा-बेनी सडक विस्तार क्रममा पहिरो जान थालेपछि कालीगण्डकी किनारका चार दर्जनभन्दा बढी घर प्रभावित भएका छन् ।
पाल्पाका ग्रामीण सडक अवरुद्ध
छन् । आर्यभन्ज्याङ-रामपुर, हार्थोक-छहरा र बाँसटारी झडेवा सडकमा मंगलबार साँझदेखि सवारी चल्न सकेका छैनन् । आर्यभन्ज्याङका विजय श्रेष्ठले जानकारी गराएअनुसार मंगलबार साँझदेखि बस, जिपलगायत कुनै पनि सवारीसाधन चलेका छैनन् ।
कैलालीको दक्षिण-पूर्वी क्षेत्रको जनजीवन प्रभावित छ । भजनी-९ नयाँ बस्तीका २० परिवार विस्थापित छन् । यस्तै करिब ७० परिवार कृष्णध्वज मावि, मोहन्याल गाविस भवन र प्रहरी चौकीमा बसेका छन् । माओवादी शिविर र मुक्त कमैया बस्तीमा पनि बढी क्षति पुगेको छ ।
महोत्तरी सदरमुकाम जलेश्वरलगायतका गाउँ डुबानमा परेका छन् । बिगही खोलाको बाढीका कारण यातायात अवरुद्ध छ । दक्षिणवर्ती २८ गाविसका ६ सयभन्दा बढी घरमा क्षति पुगेको छ । डुबान क्षेत्रमा उपभोग्य वस्तु अभाव हुन थालेको छ । प्रशासन कार्यालयमा बिहान बसेको जिल्ला दैवीप्रकोपको आकस्मिक बैठकले पीडित पहिचान गरी तत्काल राहत उपलब्ध गराउन तथा अवरुद्ध सडक यथाशीघ्र सुचारु गराउन मातहतकालाई निर्देशन दिए पनि प्रतिकूल मौसमले सम्भव हुन सकेको छैन ।
सर्लाहीमा बिहीबारसम्म १ सय ९४ घर भत्किँदा त्यहाँ बस्दै आएका अधिकांश दलित परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् ।
उदयपुरमा सदरमुकाम गाईघाटसहित दर्जनभन्दा बढी गाविस जलमग्न छन् । सप्तकोसीको बाढीले तपेश्वीर-१५ मा सय घर डुबानमा परेका छन् । गाविसको १ देखि ६ वडाका करिब १५ सय घर प्रभावित भएको निवर्तमान गाविस उपाध्यक्ष नन्दीलाल चौधरीले बताए । ठोक्सीला-४ का पुष्प सदाको घर बगाउनुका साथै २२ घर डुबानमा परेको इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय रामपुरले जनाएको छ ।
कटारी-ओखलढुंगा सडक अवरुद्ध भई यातायात बन्द हुँदा ओखलढुंगा सदरमुकाममा तीन दिनयता खाद्यान्नलगायत उपभोग्य वस्तुको अभाव हुन थालेको स्थानीय लालु श्रेष्ठले बताए ।
चितवनको भरतपुर, नारायणगढ, टाँडी, सौराहालगायतका व्यापारिक केन्द्रमा पानी जमेको छ । सडकमा हलुका सवारीसाधनको चहल पहलमा कमी देखिएको छ । तनहुँमा पृथ्वी राजमार्गअन्तर्गत आँबुखैरेनी नजिक ऐनापार्कीमा पहिरो जाँदा यातायात अवरुद्ध भएको छ ।
जनकपुर नगरपालिकाको विभिन्न क्षेत्र र पूर्वी धनुषाका एक दर्जन गाविस विभिन्न गाउँ डुबानमा परेका छन् । जमुनी, जलाद, जगदर र बिग्घी नदीमा आएको बाढीले यातायात अवरुद्ध भएको छ । भारतको जयनगरसम्म चल्ने मुलुकको एकमात्र रेल सेवा पनि बन्द हुन पुगेको छ ।
बाँकेमा घरभित्र पानी पस्दा सय परिवार विस्थापित छन् । नेपालगन्ज नगर क्ष्ाेत्रमा मात्र ४४ परिवारले घर छोडेका छन् । वडा-५ को सल्यानीवाग क्षेत्र अत्यधिक डुबानमा परेको छ । यहाँका अधिकांश घरभित्र पानी पसेको छ । सल्यानीवागस्थित निमाविमा २६ परिवारले आश्रय लिएका छन् भने नगरपालिकाको सटरहरूमा १८ परिवार छन् । बिहीबार अधिकांश विद्यालय बन्द रहे । सिनेमा घरसमेत बन्द गरिए । नगरमा विद्युत् प्रसारण बन्द गरिएको छ । बाँकेकै ग्रामीण क्ष्ाेत्र टिटहरियामा १५ परिवार घर डुब्ने डरले स्थानीय स्कुलमा सरेका छन् । राप्ती नदीमा बाढी आएपछि डुबान हुनसक्ने क्षेत्रको स्थलगत निरीक्षणका लागि सेना र प्रहरी पठाइएको छ । जिल्ल्ाा प्रशासन कार्यालयका प्रशासकीय अधिकृत कृष्णप्रसाद आचार्यले भने- 'खडैचामा पानी पसेको खबर आएकाले गस्ती पठाइएको हो ।'
यसैबीच सप्तकोसी नदीमा पानीको बहाव बढेपछि बिहीबार खतराको संकेत रातो बत्ती बालिएको छ । ब्यारेजमा रातो झन्डा गाडिएको र ५५ मध्ये २५ ढोका बन्द गरिएको कोसी ब्यारेज प्रहरीले जनाएको छ ।
पछिल्लो रेकर्डअनुसार कोसीमा प्रतिसेकेन्ड झन्डै २ लाख घनमिटर पानी बहाव छ ।
यस्तै कोसीको मध्यभागमा रहेका गोभरगाढा, श्रीलंका टापु र नरसिंह गाविस डुबानमा परेका छन् । इटहरीको टेंग्रा खोलाको शाखा नहर भत्कँदा इटहरी-९ वडाका दर्जनौं घरमा पानी पसेको छ । सोनापुरका दर्जन बढी आदिवासी विस्थापित भएका छन् । कोसी ब्यारेजको उत्तरतिर रहेको श्रीलंका टापु र दक्षिण क्षेत्रमा रहेको गोभरगाढामा ४ हजारभन्दा बढी सर्वसाधारण भैंसीपालन पेसा गरेर बस्दै आएका छन् ।
भारतले बाँध खोलेन
विकास थापा
काठमाडौं, १० साउन- बाँकेका दर्जन गाविस डुुबानमा पार्ने लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँधको निकास खोल्न नेपालसँग गरेको सहमति भारतले उल्लंघन गरेको छ । सरकारले सहमति कार्यान्वयनका लागि पटकपटक ताकेता गर्दा पनि भारतले वास्ता नगरेपछि बाँकेका सीमा क्ष्ाेत्रका गाविसहरू डुुबानको खतरामा छन् ।
वषर्ा सुुरु भइसकेकाले बाँकेका दक्षिणी भेग जतिखेर पनि डुुबानमा पर्न सक्ने जल उत्पन्न प्रकोप नियन्त्रण विभागका इन्जिनियरले चेतावनी दिएका छन् । हरेक वषर्ायाममा सीमावर्ती एक दर्जन गाविस उक्त बाँधबाट डुुबानमा पर्दै आएका छन् ।
नेपाल र भारतबीच तीन वर्षअघि 'लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँधको निकास खोल्ने' सहमति भएको थियो । लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँध विवादमा आएपछि यसको छिनोफानो गर्न गठित उच्चस्तरीय प्राविधिक समिति -एचएलटीसी) को २८ सेप्टेम्बर, २००६ मा काठमाडौंमा भएको बैठकमा भारतले त्यस्तो सहमति जनाएको हो ।
सहमतिअनुुसार बाँध संरचनामा के-कति पानीको परिमाण निकास भए नेपाली भूभाग डुुब्दैन भन्ने पत्ता लगाउन उपसमितिसमेत गठन भएको थियो ।
नेपाली पक्षको उपसमितिले भारतीय अधिकारीलाई आफ्नो प्रतिवेदन दिइसकेका छन् । 'भारतले सक्दो चाँडो प्रतिवेदन कार्यान्वयन गर्ने सहमति गरेको थियो,' विभागका सहसचिव खोमराज दाहालले भने-'तर कैयौंपटक ताकेता गर्दा पनि वास्ता गरेको छैन ।'
सरकारले 'हाइड्रोलोजिकल एनालाइसिस एन्ड डिजाइन' सम्बन्धी उक्त प्रस्ताव भारतको लखनऊमा भएको उपसमितिको एक बैठकमा दिएको जलस्राेत मन्त्रालयका सिनियर डिभिजनल इन्जिनियर केशवध्वज अधिकारीले बताए ।
परराष्ट्रमार्फत जलस्राेत मन्त्रालयले त्यसको लगत्तै 'सहमति चाँडै कार्यान्वयन' गर्न -बाँधको निकास खोल्न) लगत्तै भारतीय दूतावासलाई पत्र लेखेको उनले बताए ।
अधिकारीका अनुुसार नेपाल सरकारले लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँधबारे भारतलाई विभिन्न अनौपचारिक सभा समारोह र राजनीतिक नेतृत्वको भेटघाटका अवसर पारेरसमेत सहमति कार्यान्वयनका लागि अनुुरोध गर्दै आएको छ ।
केही महिनाअघि नयाँदिल्लीमा भएको 'ऊर्जा सम्मेलन' मा समेत जलस्राेत राज्यमन्त्री ज्ञानेन्द्र बहादुर कार्कीले भारतीय समकक्षी, जलस्राेत सचिव र अन्य अधिकारीलाई समस्याबारे अवगत गराएका थिए ।
Posted on: 2007-07-26 20:52:19
कान्तिपुर संवाददाता
काठमाडौं, साउन १० - अविरल वषर्ाले मुलुकका विभिन्न भागको जनजीवन थप प्रभावित भएको
छ । पहिरोमा परी सल्यानमा एकै परिवारका ५ जनाको मृत्यु भएको छ । सप्तरीमा बाढीले बगाउँदा थप एक बालिकाको मृत्यु भएको छ । कयौं घाइते भएका छन् । घर बगाउँदा र डुबानमा पर्दा कम्तीमा २५ सय परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् । डुबानमा परेका घरको छतमा बसेकाहरूको उद्धार गर्न सकिएको छैन ।
धेरै स्थानमा यातायात र आवत-जावत अवरुद्ध भएको छ । सयौं यात्रु अलपत्र परेका छन् । विद्यालयलगायतका सार्वजनिक सरोकारका निकाय बन्द भएका छन् । कैयौं ठाउँमा विद्युत् अवरुद्ध हुन पुगेको छ । हजारौं पीडितहरू विद्यालय र सार्वजनिक स्थलमा शरण लिएर बसेका छन् । विभिन्न ठाउँमा दैनिक उपभोग्य वस्तुको अभाव हुन थालेको छ । घटना धेरै ठाउँमा भएका र वषर्ा अविरल भइरहेकाले उद्धारमा अप्ठ्यारो परेको छ । प्रशासन सबै ठाउँमा पुग्न नसक्दा क्षतिको यकिन विवरण प्राप्त हुन सकेको छैन ।
सल्यानको विकट काप्रेचौर गाविस ३ छरछरेमा बिहीबार बिहान पहिरोले घर पुरिँदा एकै घरका ५ जनाको मृत्यु भएको हो । मृत्यु हुनेमा ढालबहादुर राम्जाली, उनकी श्रीमती र छोराछोरी छन् ।
परिवारका दुई बच्चा भने बच्न सफल भएका छन् । पहिरो आइरहेकाले उद्धारमा कठिनाइ भइरहेको स्थानीय बासिन्दाले जनाएका छन् । जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालयले काप्रेचौरबाट नजिक पर्ने कालिमाटी चौकीलाई खटाइएको जनाएको छ ।
यस्तै मोहली खोलामा आएको बाढीले बगाउँदा सप्तरी बकधुवा-९ का लालु दासकी १२ वषर्ीया छोरी ममताको बिहीबार मृत्यु भएको छ । बिहान दाउरा खोज्न जाँदा उनलाई खोलाले बगाएको थियो ।
बर्दियाको बबई र कणर्ाली नदीमा आएको बाढीले बिहीबार करिब दुई हजार परिवार विस्थापित भएका
छन् । उनीहरूले राजमार्गको छेउ र स्थानीय विद्यालयमा शरण लिएका छन् । गुलरिया नगरपालिकाको बालापुर, तुलसीपुर, रामपुर टप्पु, रत्नापुर, मडहजिया, थपुवा, कोठिया गाउँ डुबानमा परेका छन् । महम्मदपुर गाविसको सूर्यगौडी, टडुवा, जमुनी गाविस-१ फुटहा, बगनाहा गाविस-२ मुक्त कमैया बस्ती, भिम्मापुर गाविस-७, भालुफाँटलगायत ठाउँमा बाढीले २ हजार घरपरिवार विस्थापित भएको जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालयका प्रशासकीय अधिकृत केशव शर्माले जनाएका छन् ।
३२ केभी प्रसारण लाइनको कयौं पोल बगाएकाले बिहानदेखि जिल्लामा विद्युत् आपूर्ति ठप्प छ । बाढी नघटेसम्म विद्युत् आपूर्ति नहुने विद्युत् प्राधिकरणले जनाएको छ । गुलरिया-नेपालगन्ज सडक र भुरीगाउँ ढोढरी सडकमाथि पानी बगेकाले यातायात बन्द छ । गुलरिया-१३ मजहडिया र बाँध पुरुवालगायत महम्मदपुर गाविस-सूर्यगौडीमा घरका छतमाथि बसेका करिब २५ जनाको उद्धार गर्न कठिनाइ भएको डीएसपी कमल खरेलले बताए । सिद्धि बक्स गण, सशस्त्र प्रहरी र जनपथ प्रहरी बाढीपीडितको उद्धारका लागि खटिएका छन् । प्रतिकूल मौसम र र्यापरको अभावमा छतमाथि बसेकाको उद्धार गर्न नसकिएको खरेलले बताए ।
कणर्ाली नदीको टप्पु राजापुर जोड्ने जलमार्ग कोठियाघाटमा बाढीका कारण डुंगा, स्टिमर ठप्प भएकाले सयौं यात्रु अलपत्र परेको एमाले जिल्ला कमिटी उपसचिव हरि ज्ञवालीले बताए । टप्पुको मनाउ, खैरीचन्दनपुद्युर, राजापुरलगायत गाविसमा बाढीले सयौं घर डुबानमा परेका छन् । विस्थापितका लागि खाने, बस्ने व्यवस्था गर्न नेपाल रेडक्रस जिल्ला शाखाको पहलमा आठ दललगायत विभिन्न संघ-संस्था परिचालित छन् ।
रौतहटको दुई दर्जन गाविसमा एक सय बढी घर भत्किएका छन् । घर भत्किँदा जिङ्गडवा बेलबिछुवा गाविसका शेष अतिउल्लाहका ५ वषर्ीय छोरा थिचिएर घाइते भएका छन् । उनको वीरगन्जमा उपचार भइरहेको छ । जिल्लाको गौर नपा, औरैया, इनरबारी, मिठुअवा, अजगैबी, जिङ्गडवा, करुनिया, इनर्बा, पथराबुधरामपुर, भषेडवा, धरमुरपुर लगायत दुई दर्जन गाविसमा एक सय बढी घर भत्किएको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ ।
सिरहामा घर बगाउँदा खम्बामा चेपिएर अर्नमा प्रपी-५ का कुशेश्वर महरा सख्त घाइते भएका छन् । सोही स्थ्ाानका पछुवा सदाका ११ वषर्ीया छोरी रीना कुमारी घरको भित्ताले चेपिएर घाइते भएकी छिन् । दुवैको स्थानीय उपचार केन्द्रमा उपचार भइरहेको छ । मैनावती खोलामा आएको बाढीका कारण अर्नमा प्रपी-५ र ६ का ६० घरपरिवार विस्थापित भई स्थानीय विद्यालयमा बसेका छन् ।
हरकट्टी गाविसस्थित दसगजा क्षेत्रमा निर्माण गरिएको बाँधका कारण दर्जनौं गाविस डुबानमा पर्दा हजारौं बासिन्दा बिचल्लीमा परेका छन् । त्यहाँ सतहदेखि पाँच फिटमाथिसम्म पानी जमेको छ । पाँच सय परिवार विस्थापित हुने अवस्थामा छन् । बाढीले बरियारपट्टी, सुखीपुर, औरही, तुल्सीपुर, पिप्रा प्रपी, तेनुवापट्टी, इटाटार, जानकीनगर, ठेंगही, गौरीपुर, सिलोर्वापछबारी, कबिलासी, महनौर, बल्ही, हरिनगर, कुशहलक्ष्मीनिया, विद्यानगर, जिझौल, कचनारीलगायतका गाविस डुवानमा परेका छन् ।
दमकमा २ सयभन्दा बढी घरमा पानी पसेको छ । सयौं बिघा धानखेती कटानमा परेको छ । धरमपुर-१ मा कमल खोलामा आएको बाढीले ४५ घर विस्थापित छन् । खोलाले बहाव बदलेर गाउँतिर पसेपछि घरहरू डुबानमा परेका हुन् । अनारमनी-७ अदुवा खोलामा आएको बाढीले घर डुबानमा परेपछि ३७ सुकुम्बासी परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् । कन्काई नदीले सतासीधाम-८ का २० भन्दा बढी परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् । दमकको दिपेनी खोलाको बाढीले २० भन्दा बढी घर डुबानमा परेका छन् । बाढीका कारण सुरुंगा कुच्मरक्खोड धरमपुर चोकबाट गाउँतिर जाने सडक अवरुद्ध भएको छ ।
पर्वतमा पहिरोमा परी पांग गाविस-४ का तेजराम सुवेदी र सुशीला कार्की घाइते भएका छन् । खेमबहादुर मल्ल र दीपक सुवेदीको घरमा क्षति पुगेको छ । पोखरा-बागलुङ राजमार्ग तथा मालढुंगा-बेनी सडक अवरुद्ध छ । मालढुंगा-बेनी सडक विस्तार क्रममा पहिरो जान थालेपछि कालीगण्डकी किनारका चार दर्जनभन्दा बढी घर प्रभावित भएका छन् ।
पाल्पाका ग्रामीण सडक अवरुद्ध
छन् । आर्यभन्ज्याङ-रामपुर, हार्थोक-छहरा र बाँसटारी झडेवा सडकमा मंगलबार साँझदेखि सवारी चल्न सकेका छैनन् । आर्यभन्ज्याङका विजय श्रेष्ठले जानकारी गराएअनुसार मंगलबार साँझदेखि बस, जिपलगायत कुनै पनि सवारीसाधन चलेका छैनन् ।
कैलालीको दक्षिण-पूर्वी क्षेत्रको जनजीवन प्रभावित छ । भजनी-९ नयाँ बस्तीका २० परिवार विस्थापित छन् । यस्तै करिब ७० परिवार कृष्णध्वज मावि, मोहन्याल गाविस भवन र प्रहरी चौकीमा बसेका छन् । माओवादी शिविर र मुक्त कमैया बस्तीमा पनि बढी क्षति पुगेको छ ।
महोत्तरी सदरमुकाम जलेश्वरलगायतका गाउँ डुबानमा परेका छन् । बिगही खोलाको बाढीका कारण यातायात अवरुद्ध छ । दक्षिणवर्ती २८ गाविसका ६ सयभन्दा बढी घरमा क्षति पुगेको छ । डुबान क्षेत्रमा उपभोग्य वस्तु अभाव हुन थालेको छ । प्रशासन कार्यालयमा बिहान बसेको जिल्ला दैवीप्रकोपको आकस्मिक बैठकले पीडित पहिचान गरी तत्काल राहत उपलब्ध गराउन तथा अवरुद्ध सडक यथाशीघ्र सुचारु गराउन मातहतकालाई निर्देशन दिए पनि प्रतिकूल मौसमले सम्भव हुन सकेको छैन ।
सर्लाहीमा बिहीबारसम्म १ सय ९४ घर भत्किँदा त्यहाँ बस्दै आएका अधिकांश दलित परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् ।
उदयपुरमा सदरमुकाम गाईघाटसहित दर्जनभन्दा बढी गाविस जलमग्न छन् । सप्तकोसीको बाढीले तपेश्वीर-१५ मा सय घर डुबानमा परेका छन् । गाविसको १ देखि ६ वडाका करिब १५ सय घर प्रभावित भएको निवर्तमान गाविस उपाध्यक्ष नन्दीलाल चौधरीले बताए । ठोक्सीला-४ का पुष्प सदाको घर बगाउनुका साथै २२ घर डुबानमा परेको इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय रामपुरले जनाएको छ ।
कटारी-ओखलढुंगा सडक अवरुद्ध भई यातायात बन्द हुँदा ओखलढुंगा सदरमुकाममा तीन दिनयता खाद्यान्नलगायत उपभोग्य वस्तुको अभाव हुन थालेको स्थानीय लालु श्रेष्ठले बताए ।
चितवनको भरतपुर, नारायणगढ, टाँडी, सौराहालगायतका व्यापारिक केन्द्रमा पानी जमेको छ । सडकमा हलुका सवारीसाधनको चहल पहलमा कमी देखिएको छ । तनहुँमा पृथ्वी राजमार्गअन्तर्गत आँबुखैरेनी नजिक ऐनापार्कीमा पहिरो जाँदा यातायात अवरुद्ध भएको छ ।
जनकपुर नगरपालिकाको विभिन्न क्षेत्र र पूर्वी धनुषाका एक दर्जन गाविस विभिन्न गाउँ डुबानमा परेका छन् । जमुनी, जलाद, जगदर र बिग्घी नदीमा आएको बाढीले यातायात अवरुद्ध भएको छ । भारतको जयनगरसम्म चल्ने मुलुकको एकमात्र रेल सेवा पनि बन्द हुन पुगेको छ ।
बाँकेमा घरभित्र पानी पस्दा सय परिवार विस्थापित छन् । नेपालगन्ज नगर क्ष्ाेत्रमा मात्र ४४ परिवारले घर छोडेका छन् । वडा-५ को सल्यानीवाग क्षेत्र अत्यधिक डुबानमा परेको छ । यहाँका अधिकांश घरभित्र पानी पसेको छ । सल्यानीवागस्थित निमाविमा २६ परिवारले आश्रय लिएका छन् भने नगरपालिकाको सटरहरूमा १८ परिवार छन् । बिहीबार अधिकांश विद्यालय बन्द रहे । सिनेमा घरसमेत बन्द गरिए । नगरमा विद्युत् प्रसारण बन्द गरिएको छ । बाँकेकै ग्रामीण क्ष्ाेत्र टिटहरियामा १५ परिवार घर डुब्ने डरले स्थानीय स्कुलमा सरेका छन् । राप्ती नदीमा बाढी आएपछि डुबान हुनसक्ने क्षेत्रको स्थलगत निरीक्षणका लागि सेना र प्रहरी पठाइएको छ । जिल्ल्ाा प्रशासन कार्यालयका प्रशासकीय अधिकृत कृष्णप्रसाद आचार्यले भने- 'खडैचामा पानी पसेको खबर आएकाले गस्ती पठाइएको हो ।'
यसैबीच सप्तकोसी नदीमा पानीको बहाव बढेपछि बिहीबार खतराको संकेत रातो बत्ती बालिएको छ । ब्यारेजमा रातो झन्डा गाडिएको र ५५ मध्ये २५ ढोका बन्द गरिएको कोसी ब्यारेज प्रहरीले जनाएको छ ।
पछिल्लो रेकर्डअनुसार कोसीमा प्रतिसेकेन्ड झन्डै २ लाख घनमिटर पानी बहाव छ ।
यस्तै कोसीको मध्यभागमा रहेका गोभरगाढा, श्रीलंका टापु र नरसिंह गाविस डुबानमा परेका छन् । इटहरीको टेंग्रा खोलाको शाखा नहर भत्कँदा इटहरी-९ वडाका दर्जनौं घरमा पानी पसेको छ । सोनापुरका दर्जन बढी आदिवासी विस्थापित भएका छन् । कोसी ब्यारेजको उत्तरतिर रहेको श्रीलंका टापु र दक्षिण क्षेत्रमा रहेको गोभरगाढामा ४ हजारभन्दा बढी सर्वसाधारण भैंसीपालन पेसा गरेर बस्दै आएका छन् ।
भारतले बाँध खोलेन
विकास थापा
काठमाडौं, १० साउन- बाँकेका दर्जन गाविस डुुबानमा पार्ने लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँधको निकास खोल्न नेपालसँग गरेको सहमति भारतले उल्लंघन गरेको छ । सरकारले सहमति कार्यान्वयनका लागि पटकपटक ताकेता गर्दा पनि भारतले वास्ता नगरेपछि बाँकेका सीमा क्ष्ाेत्रका गाविसहरू डुुबानको खतरामा छन् ।
वषर्ा सुुरु भइसकेकाले बाँकेका दक्षिणी भेग जतिखेर पनि डुुबानमा पर्न सक्ने जल उत्पन्न प्रकोप नियन्त्रण विभागका इन्जिनियरले चेतावनी दिएका छन् । हरेक वषर्ायाममा सीमावर्ती एक दर्जन गाविस उक्त बाँधबाट डुुबानमा पर्दै आएका छन् ।
नेपाल र भारतबीच तीन वर्षअघि 'लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँधको निकास खोल्ने' सहमति भएको थियो । लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँध विवादमा आएपछि यसको छिनोफानो गर्न गठित उच्चस्तरीय प्राविधिक समिति -एचएलटीसी) को २८ सेप्टेम्बर, २००६ मा काठमाडौंमा भएको बैठकमा भारतले त्यस्तो सहमति जनाएको हो ।
सहमतिअनुुसार बाँध संरचनामा के-कति पानीको परिमाण निकास भए नेपाली भूभाग डुुब्दैन भन्ने पत्ता लगाउन उपसमितिसमेत गठन भएको थियो ।
नेपाली पक्षको उपसमितिले भारतीय अधिकारीलाई आफ्नो प्रतिवेदन दिइसकेका छन् । 'भारतले सक्दो चाँडो प्रतिवेदन कार्यान्वयन गर्ने सहमति गरेको थियो,' विभागका सहसचिव खोमराज दाहालले भने-'तर कैयौंपटक ताकेता गर्दा पनि वास्ता गरेको छैन ।'
सरकारले 'हाइड्रोलोजिकल एनालाइसिस एन्ड डिजाइन' सम्बन्धी उक्त प्रस्ताव भारतको लखनऊमा भएको उपसमितिको एक बैठकमा दिएको जलस्राेत मन्त्रालयका सिनियर डिभिजनल इन्जिनियर केशवध्वज अधिकारीले बताए ।
परराष्ट्रमार्फत जलस्राेत मन्त्रालयले त्यसको लगत्तै 'सहमति चाँडै कार्यान्वयन' गर्न -बाँधको निकास खोल्न) लगत्तै भारतीय दूतावासलाई पत्र लेखेको उनले बताए ।
अधिकारीका अनुुसार नेपाल सरकारले लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँधबारे भारतलाई विभिन्न अनौपचारिक सभा समारोह र राजनीतिक नेतृत्वको भेटघाटका अवसर पारेरसमेत सहमति कार्यान्वयनका लागि अनुुरोध गर्दै आएको छ ।
केही महिनाअघि नयाँदिल्लीमा भएको 'ऊर्जा सम्मेलन' मा समेत जलस्राेत राज्यमन्त्री ज्ञानेन्द्र बहादुर कार्कीले भारतीय समकक्षी, जलस्राेत सचिव र अन्य अधिकारीलाई समस्याबारे अवगत गराएका थिए ।
Posted on: 2007-07-26 20:52:19
Thursday, July 26, 2007
5 from one family dead, toll hits 11
5 from one family dead, toll hits 11
Six killed in floods, landslides
POST REPORT
KATHMANDU, July 26 - Five members of the same family died in Salyan after their house was buried under landslide Thursday. Elsewhere, one person died in flashfloods in Saptari the same day, taking the death toll from the recent torrential rainfall to 11.
Dhal Bahadur Ramjali, his wife and their three children died after their house at Chharchhare in Kaprechaur VDC-3, Salyan was buried under landslide Thursday morning. However, two other Ramjali children survived the disaster.
According to District Police Office, a police team from nearby Kalimati police post was sent to the place after receiving information of the landslide.
Similarly, 12-year-old Mamata Das of Theliya VDC of Saptari died after she was swept away by the flooded Mohali Rivulet.
Her dead body was found at Abasrutha at 2 pm. Das had gone to the nearby forest to collect firewood.
Earlier, two persons died in Dang while one each died in Udayapur, Bajhang and Nepalgunj due to flooding.
In Parbat, Tej Ram Subedi and Shushila Karki of Pang VDC-4 sustained serious injury after being buried in landslide. The houses of Khemraj Malla and Dipak Subedi in the same VDC collapsed.
Pokhara-Baglung and Beni-Maldhunga road sections were damaged and obstructed at various points due to landslide.
Meanwhile, a red light, signaling danger has been lit on the Koshi barrage after the water level in the Koshi river rose significantly due to continuous rain.
Our correspondent from Nepalgunj said that nearly 100 families in Banke have been displaced, while most of the areas in and around Nepalgunj municipality are waterlogged due to heavy rain.
Similarly, the Maoist satellite camp at Talabandi in Kailali has been submerged following incessant rainfall. According to police, about 20 families have been displaced at Bhajani VDC of the district.
Likewise, most of the areas of Janakpur municipality continue to be waterlogged and Janakpur-Jayanagar railway service has been disrupted due to rain.
Meanwhile, our correspondent from Biratnagar said that nearly 200 houses were damaged by the flood in the rural areas of Sarlahi district. Life in Jaleshwor municipality in Mahottari district continues to suffer due to heavy inundation, while over 600 houses in the district have collapsed.
Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Okhaldhunga, Palpa and other districts have also been affected because of flood, landslide and road obstructions.
Posted on: 2007-07-26 20:24:56 (Server Time)
Six killed in floods, landslides
POST REPORT
KATHMANDU, July 26 - Five members of the same family died in Salyan after their house was buried under landslide Thursday. Elsewhere, one person died in flashfloods in Saptari the same day, taking the death toll from the recent torrential rainfall to 11.
Dhal Bahadur Ramjali, his wife and their three children died after their house at Chharchhare in Kaprechaur VDC-3, Salyan was buried under landslide Thursday morning. However, two other Ramjali children survived the disaster.
According to District Police Office, a police team from nearby Kalimati police post was sent to the place after receiving information of the landslide.
Similarly, 12-year-old Mamata Das of Theliya VDC of Saptari died after she was swept away by the flooded Mohali Rivulet.
Her dead body was found at Abasrutha at 2 pm. Das had gone to the nearby forest to collect firewood.
Earlier, two persons died in Dang while one each died in Udayapur, Bajhang and Nepalgunj due to flooding.
In Parbat, Tej Ram Subedi and Shushila Karki of Pang VDC-4 sustained serious injury after being buried in landslide. The houses of Khemraj Malla and Dipak Subedi in the same VDC collapsed.
Pokhara-Baglung and Beni-Maldhunga road sections were damaged and obstructed at various points due to landslide.
Meanwhile, a red light, signaling danger has been lit on the Koshi barrage after the water level in the Koshi river rose significantly due to continuous rain.
Our correspondent from Nepalgunj said that nearly 100 families in Banke have been displaced, while most of the areas in and around Nepalgunj municipality are waterlogged due to heavy rain.
Similarly, the Maoist satellite camp at Talabandi in Kailali has been submerged following incessant rainfall. According to police, about 20 families have been displaced at Bhajani VDC of the district.
Likewise, most of the areas of Janakpur municipality continue to be waterlogged and Janakpur-Jayanagar railway service has been disrupted due to rain.
Meanwhile, our correspondent from Biratnagar said that nearly 200 houses were damaged by the flood in the rural areas of Sarlahi district. Life in Jaleshwor municipality in Mahottari district continues to suffer due to heavy inundation, while over 600 houses in the district have collapsed.
Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Okhaldhunga, Palpa and other districts have also been affected because of flood, landslide and road obstructions.
Posted on: 2007-07-26 20:24:56 (Server Time)
Monsoon wreaks havoc across Nepal
Monsoon wreaks havoc across Nepal
People climb onto a podium as the water level rises in the surrounding areas of the Bageshwori Temple on Thursday. Hundreds have been displaced in the region due to continuous heavy rainfall over the last two days.
(Photo: Janak Nepal )
Kantipur Report
NEPALGUNJ, July 26 - Torrential downpours and flashfloods have rendered hundreds of people homeless in Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Udayapur, and some other districts in Terai, triggering a huge humanitarian crisis in the country.
One 12-year-old Mamata Das was killed when a flood in Mohali river swept her away in Thelia VDC, Rajbiraj of Saptari.
Bakudhuwas-9 resident Lalu Das’s daughter Mamata Das’s body was found by the police at around 2 pm.
With the latest casualty, altogether five persons have died due to monsoon-induced disasters in different parts of the country so far.
In the capital, lawmakers cutting across party lines Thursday asked the government to act swiftly to do whatever it can to rescue the flood victims.
Around one hundred families in flooded Nepalgunj have fled their homes after the water level rose up to 4 feet. The town in mid-western Nepal witnessed 151.1 mm of rainfall.
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has cut off power from 11 Thursday morning after the water level at the local electric substation located in Nepalgunj Bus Park surged by 4 feet.
The NEA officials informed that they are working on a war-footing to drain the water so that the power supply can be resumed at the earliest.
Salyanbag locality at ward number 5 of the municipality has been affected the most. Many thatched houses have partially collapsed in the area, walls of some well-built houses have also fallen down.
Almost four feet of water has accumulated at most of the houses.
More than two dozen displaced families have been forced to take shelter at a pre-primary schools in Salyanbag and 18 families are taking refuge at the municipality building.
Dozens of families displaced due to inundations in the town have complained that they have not been rescued so far.
The humanitarian crisis is likely to deepen as the displacement of many more families is apparently inevitable as the monsoon onslaught continues.
Majority of the schools have also been closed since Thursday.
All cinema halls in Nepalgunj have also been waterlogged due to lack of proper water drainage.
Elsewhere in Banke district, 15 families of Titahariya village are taking shelter at a local school as the Rapti River swells.
According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the flood in the Rapti River has risen up to 5 feet and 20 cm and is just three meters below the danger level, and the water level is rising further.
A team of police and army personnel have been dispatched to the vulnerable areas to closely monitor flooding in the river, anticipating possible flooding and risk to life and properties in the region.
Administrative Officer at the District Administration Office, Krishna Prasad Acharya said, “The team was mobilized acting on a report of flooding at Khadaicha.”
Similarly, the residents of Chaupheri village across the Rapti River have urged the local administration to relocate them to safer areas.
Six villages of Holiya VDC are on the verge of being submerged by the flooding river, said Acharya.
As many people living at the banks of the river have been facing floods for years, they have moved to higher areas.
The local administration also informed that it has prepared disaster plans incase of flooding.
Acharya said, rescue teams comprising Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force, and doctors equipped with medicines are ready and can be dispatched at any time round the clock.
Moreover, two boats have been sent to the banks of the river to aide the emergency rescue operations.
In neighbouring Bardiya district, the overflowing Babai River has waterlogged hundreds of houses in Mohamedpur and Suryagauri villages.
The local administration added floods in Babai and Karnali Rivers have dispalced around two thousand people.
Rajapur Tappu and many other villages in Bardiya have been cut off from the district headquarters. Some 15 hundred people have been displaced from the villages.
Army and police personnel have been mobilized in the areas.
The district has plunged into darkness with the electricity supply disconnected.
Life in north-eastern Kailali has also been badly affected due to heavy rainfall.
Nearly two dozen families have been displaced after their homes were waterlogged, the District Police Office said.
They have taken refuge at nearby Bhajani Bazaar.
Likewise, a number of houses at wards 5, 6 and 9 of Thapapur VDC have also been inundated.
Local residents have taken shelter at the local Krishnadhwaj Secondary School as well as houses and a police station at Mohanyaan VDC.
After the local Kada, Pathariya, Kunda and Mohana Rivers flooded, the nearby areas have been submerged.
“There have been no human casualties,” Superintendent of Police Ganesh Rai said adding, “However, crops have been destroyed.”
The incessant rainfall has also affected other districts such as Udayapur, Jhapa, Sarlahi, Siraha, Saptari, Dang.
Likewise, two people lost their lives in a landslide and more than a dozen villages including Triyoga Municipality are under water in Udayapur, according to our Udayapur correspondent.
Around 150 houses have been inundated in Tapeshwar VDC alone.
Around 200 house holds of Fattepur Bazzar have been affected due to flooding in Triyoga River.
Our Jhapa correspondent reports that the flooded Kamala River has displaced 35 families at Dharampur VDC.
A team of Nepal Police has begun rescue operations in the area.
Sources informed, a team of Nepal Army is also being deployed to rescue the residents and cattle stuck in the flood.
Also in Jhapa, 100 bighas of paddy fields have been swept away at Khoklabari village due to the swelling Kamala and Kankai River in Mahabar VDC. At least 45 families of Dharampur village have also been displaced.
The incessant rainfall, which started a week back, has destroyed nearly 200 huts, houses while the Hulaki road has been disrupted in the district.
Ten families in Damak and 45 families of Dharampur VDC-1 have also been displaced by the floods.
Similarly, 37 houses of Sukumbasi were destroyed by the floods in Anarmuni VDC-7. They have been taken by the police to safe areas.
About two dozen families were displaced due to the flood in Satasidham-8.
At least 13 villages in Saptari have been flooded after the Bhim embankment at Kunaule on Nepal-India border collapsed.
Dozens of houses have been inundated at Rajbiraj and Kalyanpur.
Food storages have been ruined due to the flood in Topa Bazzar.
Various VDCs are under water due to the Kamala, Mainawarti, Gagal, Sahaja and Galti Rivers overflooding in Siraha.
Police sources said, 25 out of 55 dam-doors of the Koshi Barrage have been opened, after the current in the Sapta Koshi River increased rapidly.
Similarly, landslides triggered in Palpa by the continuous rainfall have obstructed four major roads and more than 50 sub-roads.
Several dozen houses were destroyed by the rain, District Police Office, Rautahat said.
Around 60 families have taken refuge in schools and other safe places after their houses were waterlogged after the Mainawati River in Arnama in Lahan over-flooded.
One Kuleshor Mahara and 11-year-old Rina Kumari were injured in separate incidents when their houses collapsed due to the rain.
Maoist cantonments, ex-Kamaiyas also affected
Heavy rainfall over the last few days has affected Maoist cantonment sites in Kailali district.
Water has entered the makeshift camps and bunkers at the Maoist camps at Taalband, Gaurange and Sahajpur of Chisapani and Baidhpur of Musuriya.
“Due to the floods, we’ve been unable to get clean drinking water,” Brigade commander of Taalband, Singhraj said. “We were forced to send a number of pregnant and lactating mothers to take shelter in houses in a nearby village.”
The combatants complained that they have also not been able to eat and sleep properly.
Makeshift camps housing freed Kamaiyas at places such as the old airport in Dhangadi, Manahara and Geta in the district have also been flooded.
Many of them have been displaced, though an exact number is yet to be ascertained.
Posted on: 2007-07-26 02:47:10 (Server Time)
People climb onto a podium as the water level rises in the surrounding areas of the Bageshwori Temple on Thursday. Hundreds have been displaced in the region due to continuous heavy rainfall over the last two days.
(Photo: Janak Nepal )
Kantipur Report
NEPALGUNJ, July 26 - Torrential downpours and flashfloods have rendered hundreds of people homeless in Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Udayapur, and some other districts in Terai, triggering a huge humanitarian crisis in the country.
One 12-year-old Mamata Das was killed when a flood in Mohali river swept her away in Thelia VDC, Rajbiraj of Saptari.
Bakudhuwas-9 resident Lalu Das’s daughter Mamata Das’s body was found by the police at around 2 pm.
With the latest casualty, altogether five persons have died due to monsoon-induced disasters in different parts of the country so far.
In the capital, lawmakers cutting across party lines Thursday asked the government to act swiftly to do whatever it can to rescue the flood victims.
Around one hundred families in flooded Nepalgunj have fled their homes after the water level rose up to 4 feet. The town in mid-western Nepal witnessed 151.1 mm of rainfall.
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has cut off power from 11 Thursday morning after the water level at the local electric substation located in Nepalgunj Bus Park surged by 4 feet.
The NEA officials informed that they are working on a war-footing to drain the water so that the power supply can be resumed at the earliest.
Salyanbag locality at ward number 5 of the municipality has been affected the most. Many thatched houses have partially collapsed in the area, walls of some well-built houses have also fallen down.
Almost four feet of water has accumulated at most of the houses.
More than two dozen displaced families have been forced to take shelter at a pre-primary schools in Salyanbag and 18 families are taking refuge at the municipality building.
Dozens of families displaced due to inundations in the town have complained that they have not been rescued so far.
The humanitarian crisis is likely to deepen as the displacement of many more families is apparently inevitable as the monsoon onslaught continues.
Majority of the schools have also been closed since Thursday.
All cinema halls in Nepalgunj have also been waterlogged due to lack of proper water drainage.
Elsewhere in Banke district, 15 families of Titahariya village are taking shelter at a local school as the Rapti River swells.
According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the flood in the Rapti River has risen up to 5 feet and 20 cm and is just three meters below the danger level, and the water level is rising further.
A team of police and army personnel have been dispatched to the vulnerable areas to closely monitor flooding in the river, anticipating possible flooding and risk to life and properties in the region.
Administrative Officer at the District Administration Office, Krishna Prasad Acharya said, “The team was mobilized acting on a report of flooding at Khadaicha.”
Similarly, the residents of Chaupheri village across the Rapti River have urged the local administration to relocate them to safer areas.
Six villages of Holiya VDC are on the verge of being submerged by the flooding river, said Acharya.
As many people living at the banks of the river have been facing floods for years, they have moved to higher areas.
The local administration also informed that it has prepared disaster plans incase of flooding.
Acharya said, rescue teams comprising Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force, and doctors equipped with medicines are ready and can be dispatched at any time round the clock.
Moreover, two boats have been sent to the banks of the river to aide the emergency rescue operations.
In neighbouring Bardiya district, the overflowing Babai River has waterlogged hundreds of houses in Mohamedpur and Suryagauri villages.
The local administration added floods in Babai and Karnali Rivers have dispalced around two thousand people.
Rajapur Tappu and many other villages in Bardiya have been cut off from the district headquarters. Some 15 hundred people have been displaced from the villages.
Army and police personnel have been mobilized in the areas.
The district has plunged into darkness with the electricity supply disconnected.
Life in north-eastern Kailali has also been badly affected due to heavy rainfall.
Nearly two dozen families have been displaced after their homes were waterlogged, the District Police Office said.
They have taken refuge at nearby Bhajani Bazaar.
Likewise, a number of houses at wards 5, 6 and 9 of Thapapur VDC have also been inundated.
Local residents have taken shelter at the local Krishnadhwaj Secondary School as well as houses and a police station at Mohanyaan VDC.
After the local Kada, Pathariya, Kunda and Mohana Rivers flooded, the nearby areas have been submerged.
“There have been no human casualties,” Superintendent of Police Ganesh Rai said adding, “However, crops have been destroyed.”
The incessant rainfall has also affected other districts such as Udayapur, Jhapa, Sarlahi, Siraha, Saptari, Dang.
Likewise, two people lost their lives in a landslide and more than a dozen villages including Triyoga Municipality are under water in Udayapur, according to our Udayapur correspondent.
Around 150 houses have been inundated in Tapeshwar VDC alone.
Around 200 house holds of Fattepur Bazzar have been affected due to flooding in Triyoga River.
Our Jhapa correspondent reports that the flooded Kamala River has displaced 35 families at Dharampur VDC.
A team of Nepal Police has begun rescue operations in the area.
Sources informed, a team of Nepal Army is also being deployed to rescue the residents and cattle stuck in the flood.
Also in Jhapa, 100 bighas of paddy fields have been swept away at Khoklabari village due to the swelling Kamala and Kankai River in Mahabar VDC. At least 45 families of Dharampur village have also been displaced.
The incessant rainfall, which started a week back, has destroyed nearly 200 huts, houses while the Hulaki road has been disrupted in the district.
Ten families in Damak and 45 families of Dharampur VDC-1 have also been displaced by the floods.
Similarly, 37 houses of Sukumbasi were destroyed by the floods in Anarmuni VDC-7. They have been taken by the police to safe areas.
About two dozen families were displaced due to the flood in Satasidham-8.
At least 13 villages in Saptari have been flooded after the Bhim embankment at Kunaule on Nepal-India border collapsed.
Dozens of houses have been inundated at Rajbiraj and Kalyanpur.
Food storages have been ruined due to the flood in Topa Bazzar.
Various VDCs are under water due to the Kamala, Mainawarti, Gagal, Sahaja and Galti Rivers overflooding in Siraha.
Police sources said, 25 out of 55 dam-doors of the Koshi Barrage have been opened, after the current in the Sapta Koshi River increased rapidly.
Similarly, landslides triggered in Palpa by the continuous rainfall have obstructed four major roads and more than 50 sub-roads.
Several dozen houses were destroyed by the rain, District Police Office, Rautahat said.
Around 60 families have taken refuge in schools and other safe places after their houses were waterlogged after the Mainawati River in Arnama in Lahan over-flooded.
One Kuleshor Mahara and 11-year-old Rina Kumari were injured in separate incidents when their houses collapsed due to the rain.
Maoist cantonments, ex-Kamaiyas also affected
Heavy rainfall over the last few days has affected Maoist cantonment sites in Kailali district.
Water has entered the makeshift camps and bunkers at the Maoist camps at Taalband, Gaurange and Sahajpur of Chisapani and Baidhpur of Musuriya.
“Due to the floods, we’ve been unable to get clean drinking water,” Brigade commander of Taalband, Singhraj said. “We were forced to send a number of pregnant and lactating mothers to take shelter in houses in a nearby village.”
The combatants complained that they have also not been able to eat and sleep properly.
Makeshift camps housing freed Kamaiyas at places such as the old airport in Dhangadi, Manahara and Geta in the district have also been flooded.
Many of them have been displaced, though an exact number is yet to be ascertained.
Posted on: 2007-07-26 02:47:10 (Server Time)
Flashfloods and landslides claim 5 lives
Flashfloods and landslides claim 5 lives
At least five persons have died while a teenage girl has gone missing after being swept away by flashfloods caused by heavy rainfall in many districts of the country for the last couple of days. Floods and landslides have also crippled normal life in many districts as vast swathes of land and various settlements have been inundated due to heavy rainfall.
According to various reports, Sabitri Gharti Magar, 40, of Sewar in Dhikpur VDC, Dang district died after being swept away by a river Wednesday afternoon. Her body was found some 400 meters away from her house. Similarly, Nimraj Khanal, 24, a resident of Matera VDC-3 in the same district was swept away by a flashflood while crossing the Kala stream in Tulsipur Tuesday evening. His dead body was recovered some distance away from his house Wednesday morning.
In another incident, 29-year-old Geeta Pulami of Rauta VDC, Udaypur died when she was buried under a landslide in Tarkhola Wednesday. While 25-year-old Angira Khadka of Ratnabati was swept away and died while crossing the flooded Sokhu river, a teenage girl has gone missing when the river also swept her away, reports said.
In Kohanpur of Banke district, Sashi Poudel, 35, was killed after being trapped in her house in Kohalpur-4 as it collapsed due to flood on Wednesday.
The Kathmandu Post reported that hundreds of local have been rendered homeless in Mahottari as rainfall continue to wreak havoc in the district. Many thatched-roofed houses in the villages have collapsed. Similarly, over 300 houses of Birgunj sub-metropolis have been inundated while scores in other villages in Parsa district have also come under water due to flashfloods. Normal life in Sunsari, Saptari, Chitwan and Surkhet districts has also been affected due to rainfall and flashfloods.
A team from the Area Police Post Narayanpur rescued passengers and salvaged a bus that was on the verge of being swept away by the Patre stream on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, as flashfloods and landslides continue to affect life in many districts, experts at the Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention (DWIDP) fear that things can get worse as this is just the beginning of monsoon. However, the department has taken no measures to prevent disaster in inundation-prone areas.
“The India-built Laxmanpur, Khurdalautan and several other dams and structures at many border points along rivers flowing from Nepal to India are part of the reason behind the inundation,” Khom Raj Dahal, Deputy Director General of DWIDP told the Kathmandu Post. nepalnews.com ag July 26 07
At least five persons have died while a teenage girl has gone missing after being swept away by flashfloods caused by heavy rainfall in many districts of the country for the last couple of days. Floods and landslides have also crippled normal life in many districts as vast swathes of land and various settlements have been inundated due to heavy rainfall.
According to various reports, Sabitri Gharti Magar, 40, of Sewar in Dhikpur VDC, Dang district died after being swept away by a river Wednesday afternoon. Her body was found some 400 meters away from her house. Similarly, Nimraj Khanal, 24, a resident of Matera VDC-3 in the same district was swept away by a flashflood while crossing the Kala stream in Tulsipur Tuesday evening. His dead body was recovered some distance away from his house Wednesday morning.
In another incident, 29-year-old Geeta Pulami of Rauta VDC, Udaypur died when she was buried under a landslide in Tarkhola Wednesday. While 25-year-old Angira Khadka of Ratnabati was swept away and died while crossing the flooded Sokhu river, a teenage girl has gone missing when the river also swept her away, reports said.
In Kohanpur of Banke district, Sashi Poudel, 35, was killed after being trapped in her house in Kohalpur-4 as it collapsed due to flood on Wednesday.
The Kathmandu Post reported that hundreds of local have been rendered homeless in Mahottari as rainfall continue to wreak havoc in the district. Many thatched-roofed houses in the villages have collapsed. Similarly, over 300 houses of Birgunj sub-metropolis have been inundated while scores in other villages in Parsa district have also come under water due to flashfloods. Normal life in Sunsari, Saptari, Chitwan and Surkhet districts has also been affected due to rainfall and flashfloods.
A team from the Area Police Post Narayanpur rescued passengers and salvaged a bus that was on the verge of being swept away by the Patre stream on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, as flashfloods and landslides continue to affect life in many districts, experts at the Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention (DWIDP) fear that things can get worse as this is just the beginning of monsoon. However, the department has taken no measures to prevent disaster in inundation-prone areas.
“The India-built Laxmanpur, Khurdalautan and several other dams and structures at many border points along rivers flowing from Nepal to India are part of the reason behind the inundation,” Khom Raj Dahal, Deputy Director General of DWIDP told the Kathmandu Post. nepalnews.com ag July 26 07
Flood wreaks havoc in various places, four feared dead
Flood wreaks havoc in various places, four feared dead
Flood caused by torrential monsoon rainfall has wreaked havoc in a number of districts in southern plains, particularly affecting Banke and Bardiya in the mid-west and Jhapa in the east. Four people have been feared dead in separate incidents.
In Nepalgunj, a large section of the city has been waterlogged. In some parts of the city, water level has risen to 4 feet forcing the people to flee their homes and seek shelter in school buildings. Electricity supply in the city has also been cut off due to inundation of local station.
In Banke and Bardiya districts, the overflow from the swollen Rapti, Babai and other local streams have inundated surrounding villages. After two days of incessant rainfall, thousands of houses have been affected due to gushing flood waters. Reports say around 2000 people have been displaced from there.
In Dadeldhura, a boy named Madan Bhatta was swept away by a swollen local river.
In Jhapa district, reports say that scores of people have been affected, particularly in Anarmani VDC near Birtamode. Bhutanese refugee camps including Goldhap, Khudunabari, Timai, Beldangi in Jhapa and Pathari in Morang district have also been affected by the flood waters.
Likewise, flash floods have also affected Mahottari, Dhanusha, Sarlahi, Saptari, Bara and Nawalparasi districts. In Saptari, the local Bhim dam has been damaged affecting thirteen VDCs. A girl named Mamata Kumari Das has been swept away by swollen Mahauli stream. In Bara, 300 houses have been inundated including 200 in Dharmanagar area alone. Furthermore, in Nawalparasi, flood from Dhanewa river has inundated parts of Khadewa VDC.
In Udayapur district, two people have been feared dead after being swept away by swollen Triyuga river in separate incidents.
Meanwhile, Thir Bahadur GC, an under secretary at the Natural Disaster Relief Division at the Home Ministry, told Nepal FM, that the government has swung into action for rescue and relief. He claimed that the center is coordinating with district disaster relief committees.
On the other hand, landslide in Tanahun district has obstructed a section of Prithvi highway in Yenapak.
The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology has said that currently monsoon is more active in Terai than in hilly region. Country has seen heavy rainfall for the past one week. nepalnews.com sd Jul 26 07
Flood caused by torrential monsoon rainfall has wreaked havoc in a number of districts in southern plains, particularly affecting Banke and Bardiya in the mid-west and Jhapa in the east. Four people have been feared dead in separate incidents.
In Nepalgunj, a large section of the city has been waterlogged. In some parts of the city, water level has risen to 4 feet forcing the people to flee their homes and seek shelter in school buildings. Electricity supply in the city has also been cut off due to inundation of local station.
In Banke and Bardiya districts, the overflow from the swollen Rapti, Babai and other local streams have inundated surrounding villages. After two days of incessant rainfall, thousands of houses have been affected due to gushing flood waters. Reports say around 2000 people have been displaced from there.
In Dadeldhura, a boy named Madan Bhatta was swept away by a swollen local river.
In Jhapa district, reports say that scores of people have been affected, particularly in Anarmani VDC near Birtamode. Bhutanese refugee camps including Goldhap, Khudunabari, Timai, Beldangi in Jhapa and Pathari in Morang district have also been affected by the flood waters.
Likewise, flash floods have also affected Mahottari, Dhanusha, Sarlahi, Saptari, Bara and Nawalparasi districts. In Saptari, the local Bhim dam has been damaged affecting thirteen VDCs. A girl named Mamata Kumari Das has been swept away by swollen Mahauli stream. In Bara, 300 houses have been inundated including 200 in Dharmanagar area alone. Furthermore, in Nawalparasi, flood from Dhanewa river has inundated parts of Khadewa VDC.
In Udayapur district, two people have been feared dead after being swept away by swollen Triyuga river in separate incidents.
Meanwhile, Thir Bahadur GC, an under secretary at the Natural Disaster Relief Division at the Home Ministry, told Nepal FM, that the government has swung into action for rescue and relief. He claimed that the center is coordinating with district disaster relief committees.
On the other hand, landslide in Tanahun district has obstructed a section of Prithvi highway in Yenapak.
The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology has said that currently monsoon is more active in Terai than in hilly region. Country has seen heavy rainfall for the past one week. nepalnews.com sd Jul 26 07
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Flashfloods and landslides claim 5 lives
Flashfloods and landslides claim 5 lives
At least five persons have died while a teenage girl has gone missing after being swept away by flashfloods caused by heavy rainfall in many districts of the country for the last couple of days. Floods and landslides have also crippled normal life in many districts as vast swathes of land and various settlements have been inundated due to heavy rainfall.
According to various reports, Sabitri Gharti Magar, 40, of Sewar in Dhikpur VDC, Dang district died after being swept away by a river Wednesday afternoon. Her body was found some 400 meters away from her house. Similarly, Nimraj Khanal, 24, a resident of Matera VDC-3 in the same district was swept away by a flashflood while crossing the Kala stream in Tulsipur Tuesday evening. His dead body was recovered some distance away from his house Wednesday morning.
In another incident, 29-year-old Geeta Pulami of Rauta VDC, Udaypur died when she was buried under a landslide in Tarkhola Wednesday. While 25-year-old Angira Khadka of Ratnabati was swept away and died while crossing the flooded Sokhu river, a teenage girl has gone missing when the river also swept her away, reports said.
In Kohanpur of Banke district, Sashi Poudel, 35, was killed after being trapped in her house in Kohalpur-4 as it collapsed due to flood on Wednesday.
The Kathmandu Post reported that hundreds of local have been rendered homeless in Mahottari as rainfall continue to wreak havoc in the district. Many thatched-roofed houses in the villages have collapsed. Similarly, over 300 houses of Birgunj sub-metropolis have been inundated while scores in other villages in Parsa district have also come under water due to flashfloods. Normal life in Sunsari, Saptari, Chitwan and Surkhet districts has also been affected due to rainfall and flashfloods.
A team from the Area Police Post Narayanpur rescued passengers and salvaged a bus that was on the verge of being swept away by the Patre stream on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, as flashfloods and landslides continue to affect life in many districts, experts at the Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention (DWIDP) fear that things can get worse as this is just the beginning of monsoon. However, the department has taken no measures to prevent disaster in inundation-prone areas.
“The India-built Laxmanpur, Khurdalautan and several other dams and structures at many border points along rivers flowing from Nepal to India are part of the reason behind the inundation,” Khom Raj Dahal, Deputy Director General of DWIDP told the Kathmandu Post. nepalnews.com ag July 26 07
Floods, rains kill four
Himalayan News Service
Dang, July 25:
Heavy rains and floods in different parts of the country since yesterday have claimed the lives of four persons, while a girl has gone missing after a flooded river in Udayapur swept her away.
The four deaths occurred in Dang, Banke and Udayapur districts. Forty-year-old Sabitra Gharti of Dang’s Dhikpur-2 drowned in the Larena river at noon today. Her body was recovered around 400 metres away from her house, a family source said. The body of 24-year-old Nimraj Khanal of Halwar-3, Matera, who was swept away by the flooded Kalakhola yesterday was found today, the district police, Dang, said.
The Ghorahi-Tulsipur and the Ghorahi-Lamahi road sections were blocked due to loodwaters. According to our Gaighat correspondent, 29-year-old Geeta Pulami of Udayapur’s Rauta VDC Guranse died when she was buried by a landslide. While 25-year-old Angira Khadka of Ratnabati was swept away while crossing the flooded Sokhu river, a teenage girl has gone missing when the river swept her away, police said.
Our Nepalgunj correspondent quoted Banke DSP Kuber Kathayat as saying that a woman — 35-year-old Shashi Poudel — was killed when her house in Kohalpur-4 in Chappargaudi collapsed due to heavy rains today, while hundreds of other households were affected. The Naubastha, Bankatawa, Ganeshpur and Khajura road sections have been inundated. At least 200 houses were under floodwaters in Ganeshpur-5 of Nepalgunj.
At least five persons have died while a teenage girl has gone missing after being swept away by flashfloods caused by heavy rainfall in many districts of the country for the last couple of days. Floods and landslides have also crippled normal life in many districts as vast swathes of land and various settlements have been inundated due to heavy rainfall.
According to various reports, Sabitri Gharti Magar, 40, of Sewar in Dhikpur VDC, Dang district died after being swept away by a river Wednesday afternoon. Her body was found some 400 meters away from her house. Similarly, Nimraj Khanal, 24, a resident of Matera VDC-3 in the same district was swept away by a flashflood while crossing the Kala stream in Tulsipur Tuesday evening. His dead body was recovered some distance away from his house Wednesday morning.
In another incident, 29-year-old Geeta Pulami of Rauta VDC, Udaypur died when she was buried under a landslide in Tarkhola Wednesday. While 25-year-old Angira Khadka of Ratnabati was swept away and died while crossing the flooded Sokhu river, a teenage girl has gone missing when the river also swept her away, reports said.
In Kohanpur of Banke district, Sashi Poudel, 35, was killed after being trapped in her house in Kohalpur-4 as it collapsed due to flood on Wednesday.
The Kathmandu Post reported that hundreds of local have been rendered homeless in Mahottari as rainfall continue to wreak havoc in the district. Many thatched-roofed houses in the villages have collapsed. Similarly, over 300 houses of Birgunj sub-metropolis have been inundated while scores in other villages in Parsa district have also come under water due to flashfloods. Normal life in Sunsari, Saptari, Chitwan and Surkhet districts has also been affected due to rainfall and flashfloods.
A team from the Area Police Post Narayanpur rescued passengers and salvaged a bus that was on the verge of being swept away by the Patre stream on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, as flashfloods and landslides continue to affect life in many districts, experts at the Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention (DWIDP) fear that things can get worse as this is just the beginning of monsoon. However, the department has taken no measures to prevent disaster in inundation-prone areas.
“The India-built Laxmanpur, Khurdalautan and several other dams and structures at many border points along rivers flowing from Nepal to India are part of the reason behind the inundation,” Khom Raj Dahal, Deputy Director General of DWIDP told the Kathmandu Post. nepalnews.com ag July 26 07
Floods, rains kill four
Himalayan News Service
Dang, July 25:
Heavy rains and floods in different parts of the country since yesterday have claimed the lives of four persons, while a girl has gone missing after a flooded river in Udayapur swept her away.
The four deaths occurred in Dang, Banke and Udayapur districts. Forty-year-old Sabitra Gharti of Dang’s Dhikpur-2 drowned in the Larena river at noon today. Her body was recovered around 400 metres away from her house, a family source said. The body of 24-year-old Nimraj Khanal of Halwar-3, Matera, who was swept away by the flooded Kalakhola yesterday was found today, the district police, Dang, said.
The Ghorahi-Tulsipur and the Ghorahi-Lamahi road sections were blocked due to loodwaters. According to our Gaighat correspondent, 29-year-old Geeta Pulami of Udayapur’s Rauta VDC Guranse died when she was buried by a landslide. While 25-year-old Angira Khadka of Ratnabati was swept away while crossing the flooded Sokhu river, a teenage girl has gone missing when the river swept her away, police said.
Our Nepalgunj correspondent quoted Banke DSP Kuber Kathayat as saying that a woman — 35-year-old Shashi Poudel — was killed when her house in Kohalpur-4 in Chappargaudi collapsed due to heavy rains today, while hundreds of other households were affected. The Naubastha, Bankatawa, Ganeshpur and Khajura road sections have been inundated. At least 200 houses were under floodwaters in Ganeshpur-5 of Nepalgunj.
Monsoon mayhem continues in eastern Nepal
Monsoon mayhem continues in eastern Nepal
Kantipur Report
MAHOTTARI, July 24 - Hundreds of people have been rendered homeless in eastern Terai while transport services in parts of the western hills have been disrupted due to heavy monsoon rains.
Normal life in Mahottari district has been severely affected due to three days of torrential downpour.
Many parts of the district are flooded, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes.
The rainfall has not stopped and floods on a lighter scale are still continuing, the police said.
Large parts of the district headquarters at Jaleshwor have been flooded.
In Jaleshwor jail, the water level has soared up to two feet. Jailer Arjun Sharma said, “Inmates are falling sick due to rain-induced colds and lack of proper sleep.”
Similarly, transport services have been severely affected by water logged roads.
Similarly, the southern parts of Sarlahi district have also come under the effect of the heavy rainfall.
“The local administration in Sarlahi district is preparing to tackle any possible natural calamities as the water level in the area has been rising,” an official at the Chief District Office, Sarlahi said from Malangawa.
Around a dozen villages in Rautahat have been submerged under water.
Tejapaakad, Karuniya, Pathara, Budharaam, Akolba, Inaruwa and Bhasedawa among other VDCs have been inundated. The floods have also destroyed thousands of crops.
“The roads have been obstructed,” chief of the Gaur Customs Office Mojhar Allam said. “The revenue collection was nil on Sunday.”
Due to the bad condition of the roads, the import of essential commodities from India has been also affected.
Downpour affects life in Gulmi, Palpa
In western Nepal, roads in Gulmi district have also been affected by the rainfall.
Roads have been swept away by the heavy downpour affecting transport services in the Chaldi-Simaltaari, Ratdada-Paudiamrai, Arjai-Ghamir-Arkhabang, Purkot, Bajhkateri, Gaudakot, Jubhung to Majuwa stretches.
Similarly, the Siddhartha Highway which was blocked due to floods last night has been partly reopened today.
According to our local correspondent, public transport to Siddhababa Dovan in Palpa has resumed.
Source: Kantipur
Posted on: 2007-07-24 03:20:37 (Server Time)
Kantipur Report
MAHOTTARI, July 24 - Hundreds of people have been rendered homeless in eastern Terai while transport services in parts of the western hills have been disrupted due to heavy monsoon rains.
Normal life in Mahottari district has been severely affected due to three days of torrential downpour.
Many parts of the district are flooded, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes.
The rainfall has not stopped and floods on a lighter scale are still continuing, the police said.
Large parts of the district headquarters at Jaleshwor have been flooded.
In Jaleshwor jail, the water level has soared up to two feet. Jailer Arjun Sharma said, “Inmates are falling sick due to rain-induced colds and lack of proper sleep.”
Similarly, transport services have been severely affected by water logged roads.
Similarly, the southern parts of Sarlahi district have also come under the effect of the heavy rainfall.
“The local administration in Sarlahi district is preparing to tackle any possible natural calamities as the water level in the area has been rising,” an official at the Chief District Office, Sarlahi said from Malangawa.
Around a dozen villages in Rautahat have been submerged under water.
Tejapaakad, Karuniya, Pathara, Budharaam, Akolba, Inaruwa and Bhasedawa among other VDCs have been inundated. The floods have also destroyed thousands of crops.
“The roads have been obstructed,” chief of the Gaur Customs Office Mojhar Allam said. “The revenue collection was nil on Sunday.”
Due to the bad condition of the roads, the import of essential commodities from India has been also affected.
Downpour affects life in Gulmi, Palpa
In western Nepal, roads in Gulmi district have also been affected by the rainfall.
Roads have been swept away by the heavy downpour affecting transport services in the Chaldi-Simaltaari, Ratdada-Paudiamrai, Arjai-Ghamir-Arkhabang, Purkot, Bajhkateri, Gaudakot, Jubhung to Majuwa stretches.
Similarly, the Siddhartha Highway which was blocked due to floods last night has been partly reopened today.
According to our local correspondent, public transport to Siddhababa Dovan in Palpa has resumed.
Source: Kantipur
Posted on: 2007-07-24 03:20:37 (Server Time)
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