header banner
SOCIETY, Latest Updates

UPDATE: Death toll in Gumthang landslide hits 14, 17 still missing

SINDHUPALCHOWK, Sept 14: Three more dead bodies were recovered from the Gumthang landslide site on Monday afternoon, taking the landslide death toll to 14.
By Dhruba Dangal

SINDHUPALCHOWK, Sept 14: Three more dead bodies were recovered from the Gumthang landslide site on Monday afternoon, taking the landslide death toll to 14.


As many as 17 individuals are still missing.


Related story

Lidi landslide update: Death toll reaches 12,  27 still missing


According to the information officer of the District Police Office, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Prakash Sapkota, the dead bodies of 22 years old Kumar BK, 21 years old Soniya BK and 53 years old Singha Bahadur Pradhan were retrieved from the landslide debris this afternoon.


With this, seven females, five males and two children – a boy and a girl - have lost their lives in the incident.


Similarly, the dead bodies of Bhaktimaya Shrestha (63), Tyaksi Sherpa (98), Gyani maya Pradan (42), Junu BK (23), Sukula BK (24), Sandesh BK (8), Sarkini Newar (60), Dhanlal Newar (65), Heramaya Shrestha (42), Saraswati BK (5) and Karan Bahadur Shrestha (25) were recovered earlier.


 

Related Stories
SOCIETY

Myagdi landslide: Death toll reaches five (Update)

SOCIETY

11 killed, 20 others still missing in Gumthang lan...

SOCIETY

UPDATE: Death toll in Sindhupalchowk landslide cli...

SOCIETY

Death toll from landslide and flood reach 217 with...

SOCIETY

With two more dead bodies recovered today, death t...