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Kathmandu: The death toll in floods and landslides caused by rain in Nepal rose to 170 on Sunday, while 42 people are missing. Let us tell you that large parts of eastern and central Nepal have been submerged since Friday and many parts of the country have been hit by flash floods. According to the police, so far 170 people have died due to floods and landslides in Nepal. According to Home Ministry officials, 42 people are missing due to floods and landslides.
4,000 flood-affected people rescued
Home Ministry spokesman Rishiram Pokhrel said that 111 people were injured in flood-related incidents. Pokhrel said that search and rescue operations are going on with the help of all security agencies. He said that the Nepali Army has evacuated 162 people stranded across the country by air. Pokhrel said that about 4,000 people affected by floods and waterlogging have been rescued by the Nepali Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force personnel. He said that all necessary relief materials including food grains have been distributed to the rescued people.
Many national highways closed
Spokesman Rishiram Pokhrel said that national highways have been blocked since Saturday due to landslides and hundreds of people are stranded on various highways. Pokhrel said that efforts are being made to open the national highways blocked due to floods, landslides and waterlogging. He said that traffic has resumed on the Tribhuvan Highway, the main land route connecting Kathmandu to other districts. According to officials, at least 322 houses and 16 bridges have been damaged in Nepal due to the floods.
Devastating floods seen after 40-45 years
Eyewitnesses said that they have never seen such a devastating flood and waterlogging in the Kathmandu Valley in 40-45 years. Arun Bhakta Shrestha, a climate and environment expert at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), said, “I have never seen flooding on this scale in Kathmandu before.” A report published by ICMOD on Saturday said that Kathmandu’s main river Bagmati is flowing above the danger mark after torrential rains in eastern and central Nepal on Friday and Saturday. It said that low pressure conditions over the Bay of Bengal and monsoon caused exceptionally heavy rains on Saturday. Scientists say that climate change is changing the amount and timing of rainfall across Asia, but a major reason for the increasing impact of floods is human activities such as unplanned construction.
Landslide kills 6 football players
Floods and landslides have disrupted life in many parts of the country. Many highways and roads have been blocked, hundreds of houses and bridges have been damaged and hundreds of families have been displaced. Thousands of travelers are stranded at various places due to the blockage of roads. At least 19 people were killed when a landslide buried a bus in Dhading district bordering Kathmandu on Saturday, officials said. Five people were killed when a house collapsed due to a landslide in Bhaktapur city. At a training center run by the ‘All India Nepal Association’ in Makawanpur, six football players lost their lives in a landslide incident and others were swept away by floodwaters. Meanwhile, there was some relief on Sunday despite the forecast of rain continuing till Tuesday.
