DHANGADI, AUGUST 8

More than 250 houses were inundated due to heavy rainfall in Kailari Rural Municipality in Kailali.

The rainwater gushed into houses after continuous rainfalls since last night.

Spokesperson for the rural municipality Dipendra Bam said that human settlements at Bhuiyafata, Rampur, Basanta and Narayan, among other places, were displaced and victims were taking shelter in the nearby school. The rainfall was measured at two millimetres in Dhangadi. The airport received two milimetre rainfall in four hours while Tikapur received 107 millimetres rainfall.

The water level in Karnali River has increased and the flow of the water in auxiliary rivers and Mohana were said to be constant. The Hydrology and Meteorology Department urged the people to take safety measures.

Transportation services have been obstructed after the roads were damaged due to heavy rainfall at Khanidanda and Budhitola along the Bhimdatta Highway of Sudurpaschim.

A passenger, Narendra Bhandari, said transportation service had been obstructed due to landslides in many places along the road section. The transportation service to Dadeldhura, Achham, Doti, Bajura, Bajhang and Darchula of Sudurpaschim were completely obstructed, while vehicles heading towards Kailali, Kanchanpur and Kathmandu were also stranded in the middle of the road following the same. Bhandari said that thousands of passengers were stranded on the road. It would take some time to open the blocked road.

Meanwhile, Armed Police Force, Kanchanpur team has rescued two women after they got stuck in the flood in the Syali River, Kanchanpur. SP Prem Rawal in Jhalari-based APF Number 35 said that the police team rescued Nirmala Bhandari, 40, and Gaumati Saud, 35, of Suklaphanta Municipality. He said that the rescued women were handed over to their relatives the same day.

A version of this article appears in the print on August 9, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.