In Pictures: Monsoon Mayhem in Melamchi

KATHMANDU, JUNE 20

Multiple landslides and floods that have been occurring since June 15 following the incessant rainfall days after the onset of monsoon have caused heavy damages in Melamchi of Sidhupalchok district.

The after-effects of the swollen river have created further damages which can be seen in these pictures taken on Saturday, June 19, 2021.

According to media reports at least 23 people are still missing in the landslides in Bhemathang area and subsequent floods in Melamchi River and around 200 families have been displaced by the flood while over a thousand families have been relocated to safer places to minimise further loss and damage caused.