Mahendranagar, Mar. 29:A strong gale last week damaged a 16-kilowatt power transmission tower located 34 miles north of here, killing one person at Sunsera VDC in Darchula district, according to the district administration.
The deceased is identified as 60 years old Jasisingh Kuwar of Ward no. 9 of the same VDC. The damage is estimated at over Rs 200,000, says chief district officer Ved Prakash Lekhak. The gale also caused some damages at Rapla and Dhulakot of the district.
Likewise, hailstorm is reported to have extensively damaged standing wheat at Chandani VDC in Kanchanpur. The most affected areas are ward no. 3, 4, 5 and 8 of the VDC.
Meanwhile in Dhading, Ram Deo Kumal, 65, of Maidi VDC-9 Pipaltar has died after being beaten up by two women.
Jani Kumal, 35, and her sister Manaki Kumal, 32, of the same locality beat him up on March l2 during a quarrel over cattle that ate standing wheat. He was taken to Dhading Hospital, a day’s journey away, by kin and fellow villagers, and doctors there advised that he be taken to Kathmandu. But as he could not afford to go there he was taken back home where he died on March 24.
According to inspector Krishna Bahadur Karki at the district police office, the post-mortem report showed that Ram Deu had sustained deep injuries to the chest and head. The two sisters have been arrested and necessary action initiated against them.
Likewise in Nuwakot, fire that broke out suddenly at a house in Madanapur VDC Ward No. 3 destroyed clothing and foodgrain worth Rs. 60,000, according to house resident Mrigendra Nepali.
Gandha Prasad Adhikari, 55, who sustained serious burn injuries in the fire, has been taken to Kathmandu for treatment, it is learnt.
In Syangja, seventeen houses and cow-sheds were gutted in a fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon at Tankakot Village of Dhunmokhara VDC, Syangja district. Seventeen livestock perished in the fire while eight livestock fell down from a cliff after breaking loose from the pen.
The damage from the fire is estimated at about Rs 4 million. The incident occurred as children were playing with fire at the house of Chandra Bahadur Biswakarma.