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Over 1,900 houses hit

Over 1,900 houses hit

By Himalayan News Service

People gather amid the rubble of houses destroyed by the windstorm that struck human settlement in Pheta Rural Municipality-3 of Bara district, on Monday, April 1, 2019. A total of 1,502 households were damaged due to the devastating storm on Sunday evening. Photo: Prakash Dahal/ THT

KATHMANDU: The windstorm that rattled different villages in Bara and Parsa districts on Sunday night has damaged more than 1,900 houses (fully or partially), as per the Ministry of Urban Development. As per the preliminary data received by the MoUD, the disaster has damaged around 1,502 houses in Bara and 400 houses in Parsa. “We are yet to collect the final data on the destruction of houses,” said Krishna Prasad Dawadi, joint-secretary at MoUD.