Young woman and her daughter buried in landslide in Panchthar

PANCHTHAR, Sept 28: A woman and her minor daughter have died after being buried in a landslide in Phidim Municipality-4.

Sapana Sherpa, 25, and her five-year-old daughter Dolma, were buried in a house they were living in Chisapani of the Municipality. Three others who were with them managed to escape and survive.

The landslide took place around 3:45 this morning, according to the District Police Office, Panchthar.Meanwhile, the office building of the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities in Panchthar has also been buried by mudslide.

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