Landslides kill 25 in Nepal : The Tribune India

Join Whatsapp Channel

Landslides kill 25 in Nepal

KATHMANDU: At least 25 persons, including 13 women, were killed and several others went missing today after landslides triggered by heavy rains buried houses across Nepal.

Landslides kill 25 in Nepal

Rescue team members search for the landslide victims at Lumle village in Kaski district. Reuters



Kathmandu, July 30

At least 25 persons, including 13 women, were killed and several others went missing today after landslides triggered by heavy rains buried houses across Nepal.

Nineteen persons were killed in Kaski district, 250 km west of Kathmandu near the famous tourist spot Pokhara as flood triggered by incessant rain buried houses, according to the Home Ministry officials.

Those killed include 11 women and eight men. Fourteen people have gone missing in a separate incident of landslide in Lumle, spokesperson said.

Similarly, five person including two women were killed in the landslide in Bhadaure village of the district. Pokhara-Baglung Highway has also been damaged by the landslide, the officials said.

Nepal Army and Nepal Police personnel have been mobilised in the sites to carry out rescue works.

Nepal Army headquarters in Kathmandu has also sent a helicopter in the incident sites to help in the rescue operations. — PTI

Top News

High alert across Uttar Pradesh after gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death

High alert across Uttar Pradesh after gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death

Umar Ansari alleged that his father was subjected to slow po...

Mukhtar Ansari was subjected to slow poisoning in jail: Son

Mukhtar Ansari was subjected to slow poisoning in jail: Son

Ansari's post-mortem to be conducted in UP by panel of five ...

PM Modi in conversation with Bill Gates, says India has democratised technology, aims to end digital divide

PM Modi, in conversation with Bill Gates, says India has democratised technology, aims to end digital divide

Says tech can play big role in agriculture, education, healt...

10 killed as SUV falls into gorge in J-K’s Ramban

10 people killed after SUV falls into gorge in J-K’s Ramban

The vehicle, a Tavera, was on its way from Srinagar to Jammu


Cities

View All