TAPLEJUNG, July 16: A woman has gone missing in her attempt to escape a mudslide at a steep slope at Ghaiyabari, Tapethok VDC in Taplejung district.
Manita Rai, 28, from Tapethok-8 has gone missing while trying to escape the mudslide taking place above her house, Nupu Sherpa, a local said.
The place is two days' trek from the district headquarters.
Rai had run away from her house when the mudslide started taking place right above the house all of a sudden last night.
There are five houses at the place.
Police have been mobilized to the place from the Siwa police post, Chief of the Taplejung District Police Office, Ram Bahadur KC, said. RSS
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