At least 29 persons have been killed by landslides and floods triggered by heavy monsoon downpours Saturday and Sunday in Baglung and Myagdhi districts. It caused widespread damage to crops, private property and infra-structure, Home Minister Khum Bahadur Khadka and officials said.
A landslide cascaded down a steep hill buried alive seven members of a family at a village in Baglung Sunday morning. The mudslides washed away three bridges and and destroyed crops at Tara village, Khadka said while making a statement of public importance in parliament.
Another mudslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains buried alive 15 persons at Urvan village in Magyadi district Saturday including six members of one family, Khadka and police said. Bodies of 13 persons were extricated from the rubble Monday, police
said.
The landslide buried a school, eight houses and damaged another 10 hutments in the village. Landslides buried six members of another family at another village nearby while floods swept away another person, the Minister said.
Fifteen houses were washed away in the district and swept away several bridges, he said. Bad weather is hampering relief, search and rescue operations in the district.
The government has set aside Rs.10 million for the reconstruction of bridges and a school in Myagdhi, Khadka said.