DHANGADHI: Heavy rainfall since last night has left 90 per cent of Dhangadhi water-logged, displacing over 2,000 families from their houses.
Taradevi Joshi, 76, of Uttarbehadi of Dhangadhi, claimed that she had never seen such a deluge for 30 years. Water overflowing from the inundated roads gushed into roadside shops and godowns destroying property worth millions of rupees. With the roads submerged, transportation was disrupted throughout the day today, forcing schools to postpone their first terminal exams.
Most places in Dhangadi, including LN Chowk, Ratopul, Bishalnagar, Hasanpur, Matiyari, Taranagar, Dhangadigaun, Jugeda, Mahehara and Campus Chowk remained water-logged. From Manehara and Bishalnagar, 20 families were forced to move out and take shelter in their kin’s houses, claimed Nepal Red Cross Society of Kailali.
In Beladevipur, household items were swept away from two houses in Ward No 5. According to a local, Lokesh Bohara, 15 houses have been inundated and may collapse anytime.
As per the District Natural Disaster Rescue Committee data, as many as 500 families have been displaced in Dhangadi municipality alone, while 1,500 families were displaced in Pahalmanpur, Geta, Chaumala, Ramshikharjhala, Phulbari, Hasuliya and Dhansinghpur.
A meeting of the committee held today decided to provide food to the flood victims.
With rain showing no sign of stopping, personnel of Nepal Police, the Nepali Army and Armed Police Force have fanned out in the district to carry out rescue operation.
As per the data with the Attaria-based field office of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the district recorded 381 mm rainfall between Thursday night and Friday afternoon.
Field office chief Rajiv Jha claimed that the precipitation was the highest since 2010.
Dhangadi folks have attributed much of the destruction to the encroachment of the river banks. FNCCI central member Gopal Hamal blamed the municipality for approving construction on the river banks.
Taradevi Joshi, 76, of Uttarbehadi of Dhangadhi, claimed that she had never seen such a deluge for 30 years. Water overflowing from the inundated roads gushed into roadside shops and godowns destroying property worth millions of rupees. With the roads submerged, transportation was disrupted throughout the day today, forcing schools to postpone their first terminal exams.
Most places in Dhangadi, including LN Chowk, Ratopul, Bishalnagar, Hasanpur, Matiyari, Taranagar, Dhangadigaun, Jugeda, Mahehara and Campus Chowk remained water-logged. From Manehara and Bishalnagar, 20 families were forced to move out and take shelter in their kin’s houses, claimed Nepal Red Cross Society of Kailali.
In Beladevipur, household items were swept away from two houses in Ward No 5. According to a local, Lokesh Bohara, 15 houses have been inundated and may collapse anytime.
As per the District Natural Disaster Rescue Committee data, as many as 500 families have been displaced in Dhangadi municipality alone, while 1,500 families were displaced in Pahalmanpur, Geta, Chaumala, Ramshikharjhala, Phulbari, Hasuliya and Dhansinghpur.
A meeting of the committee held today decided to provide food to the flood victims.
With rain showing no sign of stopping, personnel of Nepal Police, the Nepali Army and Armed Police Force have fanned out in the district to carry out rescue operation.
As per the data with the Attaria-based field office of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the district recorded 381 mm rainfall between Thursday night and Friday afternoon.
Field office chief Rajiv Jha claimed that the precipitation was the highest since 2010.
Dhangadi folks have attributed much of the destruction to the encroachment of the river banks. FNCCI central member Gopal Hamal blamed the municipality for approving construction on the river banks.
Girl swept away
DHANGADI: A teenager lost her life after swollen Itabhatta Khola River swept her away on Friday. Thirteen-year-old Chandra Bhattarai of Malakheti VDC, Khamauri, was swept away by the flooded river near her house, stated area police office of Malakheti.
DHANGADI: A teenager lost her life after swollen Itabhatta Khola River swept her away on Friday. Thirteen-year-old Chandra Bhattarai of Malakheti VDC, Khamauri, was swept away by the flooded river near her house, stated area police office of Malakheti.
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