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Two killed as landslide buries power house in Taplejung

TAPLEJUNG, Sept 7: A massive landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Taplejung district killed two people on Sunday night.
By Khagendra Adhikari

TAPLEJUNG, Sept 7: A massive landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Taplejung district killed two people on Sunday night.


The staffers of Naagdeva Hydropower Project in Sirijunga Rural Municipality-4  in the district were killed as the landslide debris buried the power house. 


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According to Chief District Police Officer DSP Mahendra Kumar Shrestha, the dead bodies were recovered earlier on Monday morning. A team of local police personnel along with local people retrieved dead bodies on Monday morning.


The deceased have been identified as 30-year-old Raju Limbu and 55-year-old Bishnu Das Thebe. They both hail from Sirijunga Rural Municipality.


 

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