KATHMANDU, Sept 29: Disaster incidents induced by persistent rainfall across the country has resulted in at least 204 deaths in the past five days, leaving 89 individuals injured and 33 missing. 

According to the Armed Police Force (APF), as of 3:15 pm on Monday, at least 82 individuals died while 17 sustained injuries and 20 have been missing in the Kathmandu valley due to incidents caused by the incessant rain since Thursday evening. Of the 82 reported dead in the valley, 52 died in Kathmandu, 25 persons died in Lalitpur and five others in Bhaktapur district.

Of the seven provinces, Bagmati Province was affected the most in terms of casualties, where at least 176 individuals lost their lives to the disaster incidents, 74 were injured and 25 went missing. Similarly, 23 people died, seven were injured and 11 went missing in Koshi Province; three died, four were injured, and one went missing in Madhesh Province; and two died in Lumbini Province.

A total of 1783 housing infrastructures were destroyed across the country with the highest of 1023 losses in Bagmati Province alone. Similarly, 690 houses were destroyed in Koshi Province and 70 in Madhesh Province. Three tipper trucks, two excavators and bulldozers swept away by an overflowing Trishuli river on Saturday morning are yet to be recovered.

As per the spokesperson of the APF, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Kumar Neupane, rescue efforts from police personnel resulted in the safe rescue of 3,401 individuals who have been evacuated to safe spots in their local bodies. Of the 3,401 rescued, 1,902 individuals were rescued in the valley alone, 890 in districts of Bagmati Province excluding the Kathmandu valley, 526 in Koshi Province, and the remaining 83 in Madhesh Province.

 
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