Flood wreaks havoc in Nepal, so far 170 people died...
Flood wreaks havoc in nepal, so far 170 people died...Heavy rains have caused floods and landslides in India's neighboring country Nepal. Flood water has entered large parts of the eastern and central parts of the country. According to the information given by home Ministry officials, so far 170 people have lost their lives due to floods and landslides, while 42 are missing. At the same time, Kathmandu's main river Bagmati is flowing above the danger mark after heavy rains on friday and Saturday. In view of the situation, the administration has closed all schools and colleges for three days.People trapped in floods are being rescuedAccording to the information given by home Ministry spokesperson Rishiram Pokhrel, 111 people have been injured in flood-related incidents in the country. Pokhrel said that search and rescue operations are going on with the help of all security agencies. He said that the Nepal Army has airlifted 162 people stranded across the country. Apart from this, 4,000 people have been evacuated from the affected areas by the nepal Army, nepal police and Armed police Force personnel and taken to safe places. All essential relief materials including food grains have been distributed to the rescued people.National highways are being obstructed due to landslidesRishiram Pokhrel said that national highways are being obstructed due to landslides and waterlogging. Due to this, hundreds of people are stranded here. Efforts are being made to open the obstructed national highways continuously. Apart from this, traffic has resumed on the main land route Tribhuvan Highway connecting Kathmandu to other districts. According to officials, at least 322 houses and 16 bridges have been damaged in nepal due to the floods.'Such a devastating flood and waterlogging have never been seen'The devastating flood in nepal is wreaking havoc. Eyewitnesses said that they had never seen such devastating floods and waterlogging in the Kathmandu Valley in the last 40-45 years. Arun Bhakta Shrestha, a climate and environment expert at the international Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), said, "I have never seen floods on this scale in Kathmandu before."