Nearly 80,000 people of 16,000 families have been displaced due to floods and landslides in different parts of the country.

According to the Home Ministry’s Central Natural Disaster Rescue and Relief Coordination Centre, altogether 72 people have died in floods and landslides. Officials said the government had speeded up the rescue and relief efforts in the flood-hit areas in Terai districts with the help of security agencies and other organisations.

Four Nepal Army helicopters and one each helicopter from the UNMIN and Simrik Air are being mobilised for distribution of relief materials in flood-hit areas in Terai.

Officials also informed that the relief amount for the families of the victims of natural calamities had been increased to Rs 25,000 each from the earlier Rs 15,000.

At least nine flood-related deaths were reported Sunday alone. Reports said four persons died in Siraha, two each in Mahottari and Bara while the body of a child missing in floods in Rautahat was recovered today.

Additionally, there were unconfirmed reports of five children of a same family in Nawalparasi being swept away in floods.