POKHARA: Fifty-five people have lost their lives in 21 incidents of landslide and flood in Gandaki Province in the past one week.

Of the total deceased, 29 are males and 26 females from five districts of the province.

FILE - This image shows the destroyed motorable bridge over Raghuganga river, in Myagdi, as seen on Friday, July 10, 2020. Photo: Bharat Koirala/ THT

Flood and landslide that took place on July 12, swept away houses in Madhya Nepal Municipality, Lamjung, July 16, 2020. Photo: Ramji Rana/THT

Gandaki Province Police Office, Pokhara informed that seven persons buried in the landslides are still missing.

FILE - This image shows the destroyed motorable bridge over Raghuganga river, in Myagdi, as seen on Friday, July 10, 2020. Photo: Bharat Koirala/ THT

Flood and landslide that took place on July 12, swept away houses in Madhya Nepal Municipality, Lamjung, July 16, 2020. Photo: Ramji Rana/THT

Similarly, those who have gone missing after being buried in landslides are four persons from Myagdi district, two from Syangja, and a person from Tanahun.

Meanwhile, the federal government has provided Rs 100,000 to the bereaved families while the provincial government has provided Rs 50,000.

As the majority of families have been displaced due to landslides and most of the houses have remained at the risk of being swept away, the local level has committed to build new houses for them.