KATHMANDU, July 19: The flow of methane gas in Jorpati has not stopped even after several hours since it started on Tuesday morning.
On Monday morning, the gas was released while digging a wellbore for water at the house of local Santa Bahadur Lama. The gas released along with the burst of mud and water has reached up to about 50 meters.
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According to the police, there was no further damage except that the surrounding houses were filled with mud when the sand and mud flew towards the sky.
A geologist from the Department of Mines and Geology who had come to study the incident has said that it is not certain how long the gas flow continues.
