485 persons affected by Lhende flash flood evacuated

Kathmandu, July 10: As many as 485 persons displaced after flash flood at Rasuwagadhi, the Nepal-China border, have been evacuated.

They were shifted to safe places with the help of Armed Police Force (APF). An APF team opened a track to evacuate the affected ones.

Co-Spokesperson at APF, Shailendra Thapa, informed that a makeshift route was built after the complete closure of Rasuwagadhi-Syafrubenshi road section due to the Lhende stream flooding on Tuesday.
The security persons also moved two containers and an electric vehicle parked on the yard of Customs Office to a safe place.

In the early morning flood occurred on Tuesday, 20 persons- 14 Nepalis including three security persons and six Chinese nationals- have gone missing.

Miteri Pul, the Nepal-China border bridge, was washed away by the flooding, thereby completely closing the border point between the two countries.

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