DHARAN, JUNE 18Three people were killed, thirteen hurt and 28 were reported missing out on in the floods and landslides activated by heavy rains last night in Koshi Province. Monsoon-induced natural catastrophe: Three dead, 29 missing out on in the eastern Nepal Heavy rains in northwest Pakistan leave 25 dead, 145 injured Someone each passed away in the floods and landslides in Sankhuwasabha, Bhojpur and Taplejung districts.An overall of 28 individuals have gone missing. Twenty are missing in Sankhuwasabha, five in Panchthar and 3 in Taplejung, according to Rajesh Nath Bastola, head of Koshi Province Police Office. Floods removed seven homes in Sankhuwasabha. Fifteen employees at the Upper Hewakhola Hydroelectricity Project have actually gone out of contact. Amongst the 18 employees there, 3 have apparently been available in contact with police.Similarly, 5 individuals are reported missing in Makalu Rural Municipality. A single person's body was discovered. Cops surmise the body might be that of a worker at the Upper Hewa Khola Hydroelectricity Project.Additionally, the flood has actually also harmed the under construction Super Hewa Hydro Project in Ward No 4 of Chainpur, Sankhuwasabha district.Five individuals have gone missing in Panchthar. They are employees of the Hewa-1 Hydropower Project. They are: as Dil Kumar Tamang and Sanjog Lowa from Ward No 7 of Hilihang, Ashish and Elisa Majhi from Ward No 10 of Phidim, and another individual from Ward No 4 of Phidim.Floods and landslides have actually removed the Hewakhola Bridge, which links Ward No 4 of Phidim Municipality with Ward No 7 of Hilihang Rural Municipality on the Mechi Highway.Rajeshnath Bastola, DIG, at Koshi Province Police Office, notified that the highway was entirely blocked after the bridge collapsed.In Mehel of Siddhingwa Rural Municipality in Taplejung, landslides damaged homes and swept away 3 members of a family. They are reported missing. The floods and landslides have actually harmed numerous hydropower jobs and removed bridges in Sankhuwasabha, Panchthar and Taplejung, stated DIG Bastola.Bridges along the Tamor Corridor have actually collapsed and the Dhankuta-Mulghat roadway has actually closed. DIG Bastola said Nepal authorities, Nepali Army and APF workers were deployed to rescue victims in the 3 districts.Meanwhile, a government group led by Koshi Province Minister of Drinking Water, Irrigation, and Energy, Tila Kumar Meyangbo, observed the affected areas.It is estimated that the floods and landslides have actually harmed residential or commercial property and infrastructure worth Rs 50 crore in Koshi Province.Several hydropower projects - both under-construction and finished - in Sankhuwasabha, Taplejung, and Panchthar districts have actually been damaged.The Independent Power Producers' Association Nepal reported that the floods harmed 13 hydroelectric projects with a total capacity of 150 megawatts.A variation of this article appears in the print on June 19, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha has directed the concerned authorities to ensure that there is no shortage in the treatment of the people injured due to natural disaster in various districts of Eastern Nepal, and relief and proper management of the survivors.
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In an emergency meeting held today in wake of heavy loss of property incurred due to floods and landslides in Panchthar, Sankhuwasabha and other districts in eastern Nepal, he instructed to build a bridge to facilitate traffic at Hewakhola on the Mechi highway.
As of now, three people have died in that area and 29 people are reported missing. Some bridges have been swept away and nearly a dozen bridges have been damaged. Some houses have also been washed away.
Following the instructions of the Home Minister, the bridge materials have been sent from Itahari said Anil Pokharel, chief executive officer of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority,
He said that as there will rain again later today and tomorrow in the east, there is a need to be more cautious.
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