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Landslides kill 36, floods ravage
KATHMANDU, OCT 06 - At least 36 people were killed in the western parts of the country on Tuesday due to landslides and floods triggered by incessant rain since the last couple of
days. Scores were displaced.
Twelve people, including seven children, were killed at Gorkhagaon settlement of Mastmandu VDC-1 in Dadeldhura district when a landslide buried two houses
belonging to Dambar Bahadur Bhul and Bijay Bhul.
The landslide has rendered the settlement inhabitable, said police personnel involved in
the rescue. Beside Goragaon, other parts of Dadeldhura
were also struck by landslides but no casualties were
reported.
The unceasing rain also destroyed large farmland areas in different villages. Floods at Rangoon and Pantura rivers have deluged three inner Tarai VDCs in the
district. Hundreds of people have been displaced.
In Achham district, 18 people in the VDCs of Patalkot, Siddeshwor and Bindebasini were killed in landslides. Thirteen were killed in Patalkot-9 alone.
Gyan Prasad Dhakal, chief district officer, said altogether 64 houses in Patalkot-9 were hit by the landslide most of the villagers managed to escape.
Two people, including a to-ddler, died in Bajhang district when a house belonging to Dhanraj Upadhyaya was buried in a landslide at Majhigaon VDC-3, police
said. Two deaths owing to landslips were also reported in Baitadi and Doti districts. The two victims were aged 11 and 5.
Meanwhile, flooding in the far-western districts of Kailali and Kanchanpur killed two people and displaced scores.
Two people, including an eight-year-old boy, died after drowning in flood waters at Bahuniya and Bhajani VDCs of Kailali district, while over 1,000 were displaced
across the district. The district headquarters of Dhangadi has been completely submerged. The southeast
part of the district is waterlogged.
Rainwater has deluged a large part of Kanchanpur, including district headquarters Mahendra-nagar, and displaced hundreds of people.
late monsoon havoc
Floods in Kailali and Kanchanpur
2 including toddler die in Bhajang
Rain destroys large farmland areas
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