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Shops in flood-hit Rautahat back in business
Published On: August 27, 2017 09:10 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, August 27: Trade and business activities in Rautahat district, which were severely hit by the devastating floods, are coming back to normalcy gradually.
The pain of mourning the death of six family members
Published On: August 21, 2017 07:31 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, August 21: Last week, six members of the same family lost their lives when an ambulance they were riding was washed away by the flood. While his family members could not escape the mishap, Rajan Yadav was lucky to survive.
With embankments destroyed, Tarai more prone to floods
Published On: August 21, 2017 07:19 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, August 21: Shiva Dayal Sah, 60, of Dohartol panics whenever clouds gather in the sky. He has withstood flood several times in his life. However, the recent one, the one that swept across most the Tarai region last Saturday, was the most devastating, he says. “As soon as there is a black cloud in the sky I feel like fleeing from here. I get very restless,” he said. “I fear if I could save my life again if my house is flooded again,” he added.
The pain of mourning the death of six family members
Published On: August 21, 2017 02:15 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, Aug 20: Last week, six members of the same family lost their lives when an ambulance they were riding was washed away by flood. While his family members could not escape the mishap, Rajan Yadav was lucky to survive. He along with six other family members was headed for Gaur, the district headquarters of Rautahat, carrying his pregnant sister-in-law who was having labor pains. But they were drowned in the flooded Lalbakaiya River in Rajpur Farhadawa Chowk of India, as the ambulance was swept away.
Flood affects 500 households in Rautahat
Published On: August 19, 2017 08:21 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, August 19: Nearly five hundred Dalit households have been affected by floods in Durga Bhagwati Rural Municipality-4, Rautahat. Among them, around than two hundred families have been displaced while 104 houses have been swept away.
Six die as ambulance carrying woman in labor washed away
Published On: August 14, 2017 02:15 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, August 13 : In a tragic incident, six persons died after an ambulance ferrying a pregnant woman in labor pain was washed away by the floods in Rautahat district at around 4 am on Sunday.
6 drowned as vehicle submerged in river
Published On: August 13, 2017 10:31 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur
GAUR, August 13: Six persons were drowned as the vehicle that was carrying them was submerged in the flooding river in Rauthat.
6 left stranded on top of crane encircled by flood
Published On: August 13, 2017 09:58 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur
GAUR, August 13: Floods have inundated different parts of Rauthat. Gaur Municipality located in the district headquarters is filled with water. According to Rauthat Police, more than 400 houses in the district have been submerged in the floods. Such market places as Garuda Municipality, Katahariya, Shiva Nagar, Samanpur, Bariyapur, Rajpur, Gangapipara, Matsari, Khunkhunwa and Ijaminiya.
Farmers picket DAO, Gaur, demanding compensation
Published On: August 8, 2017 08:55 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur
GAUR, August 8: Rautahat farmers have picketed District Administration Office (DAO), Gaur demanding compensation for destroyed crops in planted in thousands of Bighas caused by toxic liquid discharged by factories such as Jyoti Distillery, Baba Distillery and Shreeram Sugar Mill during monsoon.
Four deceased children cremated together
Published On: August 7, 2017 05:00 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, August 6: The four children, who died after drowning in water-filled ditch in Rautahat on Saturday, have been cremated en mass a day later. Locals, school children and parents mourned their death and paid them a final homage before the cremation.
4 children drown in pits dug for road work
Published On: August 5, 2017 10:31 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, Aug 5: Four children drowned in Rautahat district Saturday in open pits that were dug up for road construction and subsequently abandoned without filling them up. The deceased are all girls age 9 to 12.
Four girls drown in Rautahat
Published On: August 5, 2017 04:21 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, August 5: Four girls have drowned in Rautahat on Saturday.
UML senior leader Nepal accuses RJPN of being afraid of people
Published On: July 21, 2017 11:16 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTHAT, July 21:Former Prime Minister and CPN-UML senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has accused Rastriya Janata Party- Nepal(RJPN) of being reluctant to partake in the local level polls due to their being afraid of people.
Cases of viral fever increasing in Rautahat with rise in temperature
Published On: July 19, 2017 03:15 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, July 18: For the past four days, the temperature has been soaring in Rautahat, increasing the number of viral fever patients.
Sweltering heat claims woman
Published On: July 18, 2017 07:14 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, July 18: A woman has died due to sweltering heat in the district on Tuesday. Jamina Devi, 58, who was carrying snacks for the workers in the field, fell unconscious due to the heat and passed away in Gadhimai Rural Municipality-4.
Plantation completed in only 3% of rice fields in Rautahat
Published On: July 1, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, July 1: Plantation has been carried out in only three percent of paddy fields in Rautahat district by June.
Two held with 5 kg marijuana
Published On: June 24, 2017 03:14 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, June 24: Police have arrested two people with marijuana in the district on Friday night.
Country will have to pay heavy price if polls held at gunpoint: Mahato
Published On: June 15, 2017 02:40 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, June 15: Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) leader Rajendra Mahato has warned that they would not allow the second phase of local level elections without amending the constitution.
RJPN leaders held for vandalizing Indian No. plate vehicle
Published On: June 14, 2017 02:17 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur
GAUR, June 14: Police have arrested Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) leaders for vandalizing a jeep with Indian number plate during bandh.
RJPN-called bandh affects life in Rautahat on 2nd consecutive day
Published On: June 14, 2017 01:42 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur
RAUTAHAT, June 14: The four-day bandha announced by Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) has brought life to a grinding halt on the second consecutive day in Rautahat district.
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