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Natural disaster has arrived in the neighboring country Nepal. The death toll in floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Nepal has increased to 179, while 42 people are still missing. Large parts of east-central Nepal were submerged on Friday and flash floods occurred in many parts of the country. In such a situation, the situation has become very bad after the floods in Nepal.
Rescue of four thousand flood affected people
According to Nepal's Home Ministry, 111 people have been injured in flood related incidents. Search and rescue operations are underway with the help of all security agencies of the country. Nepali Army has airlifted 162 people stranded across the country. An official of Nepal's Home Ministry said that around 4,000 people affected by floods and waterlogging have been rescued by personnel of Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Forces. He said that all necessary relief materials including food grains have been distributed to the rescued people.
Many national highways are closed
According to reports, national highways have been blocked since Saturday due to landslides in Nepal and hundreds of people are stranded on various highways. Pokharel said that efforts are being made to open the national highways blocked due to floods, landslides and inundation. He said traffic has resumed on the Tribhuvan Highway, the main land route connecting Kathmandu with other districts. According to officials, at least 322 houses and 16 bridges have been damaged in Nepal due to the floods.
Destructive flood in Nepal occurred after 40-45 years
According to the information, such a devastating flood has occurred in the Kathmandu Valley in the last 40-45 years in Nepal. “Nepal's capital Kathmandu has never seen floods of this intensity,” a government official said. Kathmandu's main river, the Bagmati, is flowing above the danger mark after torrential rains lashed eastern and central Nepal on Friday and Saturday, according to a government official. The report has been published by ICMOD on Saturday
6 football players killed in landslide in Nepal
Floods and landslides have disrupted life in many parts of Nepal. Many highways and roads have been disrupted, hundreds of houses and bridges have been damaged and hundreds of families left homeless. Thousands of passengers are stranded at various places due to blocked roads. At least 19 people died after a bus was buried in a landslide on Saturday in Dhading district, bordering Nepal's capital Kathmandu. Additionally, six football players lost their lives and others were swept away in flood waters in a landslide at a training center run by the 'All India Nepal Association' in Makwanpur. Meanwhile, the rain is expected to continue till Tuesday.