Prem Bahadur Pandit Chhetri, 50, of Bharatpur-4, Barhaghare in Chitwan, has been missing since he was swept away by the swollen Narayani river Monday afternoon, according to our correspondent Chandni Hamal. [break]
Our correspondent Dil Bahadur Chatyal reported from Dhangadi that floods triggered by continuous rainfall for the two days has displaced 18 families in Kailali district and destroyed three rooms of a school building. Similarly, the Jayprithvisingh Highway that connects the district to Bajhang has been obstructed by landslide.
Deputy Inspector General of Police at Far-Western Regional Police Office, Bimala Thapa, said swollen Kandra River has inundated Ward No 2 of Ramshikharjhala VDC and swept away three classrooms of Kalikasthan Lower Secondary School. Eighteen families from the ward have been displaced, according to Sitaram Joshi, vice chairman of Nepal Red Cross Society, Kailali.
Similarly, eight houses have been inundated in Pahalwanpur, while one house was destroyed in Lalbojhi.
According to our Udaypur correspondent Maheswar Chamling Rai, incessant rainfall that has resulted in landslides and puddles has obstructed the Diktel-Jayaramghat, Diktel-Bhojpur and Diktel-Lamidanda roads, thereby isolating Diktel.
Dilli Rai, a local, said obstruction of the roads has led to shortage of supplies, apart from forcing locals to commute on foot.
From Nepalgunj, our correspondent Rudra Khadka reported that nearly 6,000 people residing in half-a-dozen VDCs face the risk of floods with Rapti River swelling up and India not lifting the gates of Laxmanpur dam.
Technicians say water that has collected on the Nepali side of the river has not found outlet as Indian has shut the gates of the dam built near the border.
Water level in Rapti River has reached the danger level after 15 hours of continuous rainfall. The Flood Measurement Center in Kusum has recorded the water level at 5.30 cm. The flood enters into the villages after the water level reahes 5.40 cm.
Meanwhile, dozens of roads in the hilly districts of Far West region have been obstructed due to landslides caused by incessant rain in the past few days, according to our Dadeldhura correspondent Barun Paneru.
Hundreds of passengers have been left stranded along Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh Highway of Bajhang, ND Prakash Chataut Highway of Dadeldhura, KI Singh Highway of Doti, Dadeldhura-Jogbuda Road, Jogbuda-Daiji Roa, Dadeldhura-Malouly Road, Belapur-Koteli Road and other roads.
Our Mahendranagar correspondent Bikram Giri reported that the embankment being built in Bhujel village of Bhimdutta-11, Kanchanpur, has started crumbling due to floodin Mahakali River. Locals briefly took contractor Niranjan Prasad Bhatta under control accusing him of using low quality construction material.
In the east, the Damak-Birtamode section of the East West Highway has been obstructed at Lakhanpur-1 after a culvert over Geuriya river caved in due to flood, Raju Adhikari reported from Jhapa.
The culvert that had subsided a bit in the morning went further down in the evening stopping vehicular movement. Police have allowed just motorcycles and lighter vehicles to cross the culvert.
The locals were furious that the officials concerned weren´t serious to avert the crisis after they informed the latter about the caving in that started on Sunday.
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