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Landslide displaces 50 families in Nuwakot

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NUWAKOT, Aug. 2: Fifty families have been completely displaced and seven people have lost their lives in landslides in different places of Nuwakot district up to July 31.



This is stated in a report made public on Monday by the District Natural Disaster Rescue and Relief Committee, Nuwakot.[break]



Three persons in Thansingh and four in Narjamandap were killed after landslides buried their houses on July 15 and 19 respectively.



Chairman of the Committee and Chief District Officer Madhusudan Burlakoti said 50 families have to be shifted to safer places as soon as possible and about 80 houses are under the risk of the landslide.



The landslides caused much destruction in Suryamati, Thansingh, Narjamandap, Jiling, Kabilas, Taruka, Samari, Bageshwori, Okharpouwa and Chaturale VDCs in the district, according to the Committee.



The heavy downpour and the landslides the district saw after a decade swept away around 18 irrigation projects, three dozen rural roads and a dozen drinking water projects.



The administration provided Rs 175,000 each to two families, who had lost their family members in the disasters and Rs 41,000 to those families affected by the landslide.



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