DHORPATAN (BAGLUNG), Aug 27: The flood in Kagbeni of Mustang on 13 August, 2023 has caused a loss of hundreds of millions of rupees, according to data prepared by the disaster management committee, Baragung Muktikshetra Rural Municipality. Properties worth around Rs 1 billion were damaged in the flood that destroyed many private houses, government and non-governmental buildings, business houses and other structures, the data shows. The disaster also destroyed crops and fruit farms in the area.
Apple farming grown in over 11 ropanis of land has been destroyed by the flood, said Lokendra Singh Dhami, agriculture section chief at the rural municipality.
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Around 170 apple saplings were damaged in the flood, he added.
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