KATHMANDU, 31 August 2021, (TON): Flood and landslide caused by incessant rainfall has claimed as many as three lives in Darchula.
Residents of Banspalika, Duhun Rural Municipality-1, Narsingh Mahar and his wife Kaushaa Mahar lost their lives as their house was buried in landslide debris, Chief of District Police Office Darchula, Manohar Prasad Bhatta informed.
Similarly, Manuwa Dadal of Dulla, Duhun RM-5 lost his life in flood that swept away his house at around 10 pm yesterday.
Flood and landslide has disrupted lives in Darchula as it swept away infrastructures and houses, killed three with two other missing, August 30, 2021. Photo: Tekendra Deuba/THT
Flood and landslide has disrupted lives in Darchula as it swept away infrastructures and houses, killed three with two other missing.
According to the Chief District Officer Siddharaj Joshi, the flood has swept away five shops, two small hydropower plants, four suspension bridges and one concrete bridge.
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