KATHMANDU, 05 July 2021, (TON): Over 300 homes have been inundated in two eastern Tarai districts of Province 1.

According to Nepal Police Province No 1 Office Biratnagar's spokesperson SP Navin Raj Rai, the monsoon induced flood is severe in Sunsari district where around 204 homes are recorded to have been inundated. In Itahari 100 homes are deluged in wards 10 and 11.

Meanwhile, 54 homes were submerged in Inaruwa while Koshi Rural Municipality has witnessed 40 flooded homes.In Sunsari, the inundation is mainly caused by heavy rainfall, said the Information Section of the provincial police headquarters. Meanwhile 138 homes are submerged in the floodwater from the Kesaliya river in Morang.

SP Rai said that all affected families have been relocated to public buildings, said police. There are no reports of inundation of settlements in Jhapa.In the 14 districts of the Province, there are no reports of landslides, and human casualties so far.

Rai said “the flood in Sunsari district has been mitigated with the decreasing level of rains. The water level of Nepal's biggest transnational river Saptakoshi has seen 229,470 cusecs of water.”

According to the Control Room at the Koshi Barrage. Koshi Barrage is designed to withstand 954,000 cusecs of water.