Kathmandu, Aug 19: Eight people lost their lives in monsoon-induced disasters across the country in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 190 since June 10 till to date. According to the Nepal Police, landslides and flood and various other natural disasters claimed altogether 190 lives so far.
Spokesperson of Nepal Police and DIG Dan Bahadur Karki shared that among the fatalities, 3 people died in Kathmandu Valley, 27 in Koshi Province and 8 in Madhesh Province. Police reported that Bagmati Province recorded 32 fatalities, Gandaki Province 36, Karnali Province 13 and Sudurpaschim Province 15.
DIG Karki informed that a total of 114 people were rescued from disasters from various places since the arrival of monsoon on June 10. Similarly, a total of 149 were missing due to flood and landslides and search operations are ongoing, as per DIG Karki. Altogether 238 people sustained injuries in landslides and floods during this period.
Among them, 11 were injured in the Kathmandu Valley, 38 in Koshi Province, 12 in Madhesh Province, 23 in Bagmati Province, 45 in Gandaki Province, 18 in Lumbini Province, 57 in Karnali Province and 34 in Sudurpaschim Province, it was shared. Since June 10, floods and landslides have inundated 384 houses, 112 cowshed, 51 bridges, four schools and two government office buildings, according to the police. The number of households displaced by the disaster has reached 4,819 over the past two months.
