BAGLUNG, Nov 2: Two months into the flooding and landslide at Paschim Dhorpatan Municipality-9 in the district that claimed 22 lives, the whereabouts of 15 others missing in the disaster is still unknown. 

The people missing along with their identities were reported to the Ministry of Home Affairs and other authorities concerned across the country. However, the search for the missing people along the banks of the Bhuji River and the landslide-hit areas has been stopped. 

"We have not halted the search. But only its form has been changed. We have circulated the information about the missing across the country. Their whereabouts is still unknown," said Superintendent of Police, Lokendra Shrestha. 

The District Administration Office has, at the direction of the home ministry, provided compensation to the families of the missing people on a par with the families of the deceased in the disaster. 

The missing people have been identified as local residents Jit Bahadur Gharti Magar, 31, nine-year-old Shesan BK, four-year-old Rabi BK, Man Kumari BK, 22, Tek Maya BK, 21, 10-month-old Tirsana BK, Manisha BK, 15, Kaushila Pun, 55, Bilasa Pun, 26, Tulmati Gharti, 55, five-year-old Biraj BK, 10-month-old Umisa BK, three-year-old Karali Pun, eight-year-old Mohan BK and Samundra BK, 12. 

Of the 38 people hit by the disasters, the bodies of 22 were retrieved, 15 were missing and one was rescued alive. One hundred thirty houses at Dhorpatan Municipality-6, 7, 8 and 9 were damaged in the disasters, according to the data maintained by the municipality.

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