SUNSARI: Over half a dozen villages in Sunsari have been flooded. Incessant rains have led to swelling of local rivers that have advanced and submerged riverside settlements, displacing scores of families.

At least 120 houses have been deluged at Harinagar Rural Municipality-2, 4 and 7, said local resident Abdul Kaiyum Khan. A Dalit settlement has been flooded at Bhokraha Rural Municipality-7.

Hundreds of thousands worth of agricultural produce, construction materials and other property have been destroyed, locals said. Vegetable farms on the river banks has been inundated by the floods.

Sixty sacks of cement and other construction materials deposited to construct a building were swept away, said Aiyub Miya, a local contractor.

Flooding caused by continuous rains obstructed the local road that links the Harinagara-Basantapur road. This has caused difficulty for the local children to appear in school examinations being conducted at the moment, as a result, said parents.

District Police Office, Sunsari said they are yet to collect the exact details of the loss caused by flooding.