170 people have died so far due to floods and landslides.
Kathmandu: The death toll from floods and landslides caused by rain in Nepal rose to 170 people on Sunday, while 42 people are still missing. Let us tell you that since Friday, large parts of eastern and central Nepal have been submerged and flash floods have occurred in many parts of the country. According to police, 170 people have died so far due to floods and landslides in Nepal. According to Interior Ministry officials, 42 people were missing due to floods and landslides.
4,000 people affected by the floods were rescued
Home Ministry spokesman Rishiram Pokharel said 111 people were injured in flood-related incidents. Pokharel said that search and rescue operations are continuing with the help of all security agencies. He said the Nepalese Army airlifted 162 stranded people across the country. Pokhrel said about 4,000 people affected by floods and waterlogging were rescued by the Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force personnel. He said that all necessary relief materials including food grains were distributed to the rescued people.
Many national highways were closed
Spokesman Rishiram Pokharel said that due to landslides, national highways have been closed since Saturday and hundreds of people were stranded on different highways. Pokhrel said efforts are being made to open national highways blocked due to floods, landslides and waterlogging. He added that traffic has resumed on the Tribhuvan Expressway, the main road linking Kathmandu to other districts. According to officials, at least 322 houses and 16 bridges were damaged in Nepal due to floods.
Devastating floods seen after 40-45 years
Eyewitnesses reported that they had not seen such devastating floods and waterlogging in the Kathmandu Valley in 40-45 years. “I have never seen floods of this magnitude in Kathmandu before,” said Arun Bhakta Shrestha, a climate and environment expert at the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), in a report published by the International Center for Mountain Development on Saturday. Kathmandu’s main river Bagmati flows over the region. Danger sign after heavy rains hit eastern and central Nepal on Friday and Saturday. It said low pressure conditions over the Bay of Bengal and the onset of monsoon led to exceptionally heavy rainfall on Saturday. Scientists say climate change is causing changes in the amount and timing of rainfall across Asia, but the main reason for the increased impact of floods is human activities such as unplanned construction.
6 football players killed in a landslide
Life was disrupted in many parts of the country due to floods and landslides. Many highways and roads were blocked, hundreds of homes and bridges were damaged, and hundreds of families were displaced. Thousands of passengers were stranded in various places due to blocked roads. At least 19 people died after a bus was buried in a landslide in Dhading district bordering Kathmandu on Saturday, officials said. Five people died after a house collapsed due to a landslide in Bhaktapur city. Six footballers were killed and others were swept away by floodwaters in a landslide accident at a training center run by the All India Nepal League in Makwanpur. Meanwhile, although rain was forecast to continue into Tuesday, there was some relief on Sunday. (Inputs – Agency)
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