7 die in Nepal landslides; 4 of family buried alive in Bajhang district

Kathmandu, August 19

Seven persons were killed in separate incidents of landslides that were triggered by incessant rain in the western part of Nepal in the last 24 hours, police said on Monday.

Four members of a family were buried alive in the Bajhang district as a landslide swept a house in the Bungal municipality-10 on Sunday night, according to the police.

Those killed included 50-year-old Kali Dhami, her daughter-in-law and two grandchildren aged six and three, said the police. Meanwhile, six members of the family managed to escape nature’s fury.

In another incident, a landslide buried a temporary shelter in Majha gaon of the Nalgad municipality-2 in Jajarkot district on Monday, killing three members of a family.

According to the police, the family had been living in the temporary shelter after their house had collapsed in the earthquake last year.

Last month, a landslide occurred in the Simaltal area along the Narayanghat-Mugling road in Chitwan district, and two buses carrying 65 passengers, including seven Indians, were swept away following heavy rainfall.

More than 1,800 people have lost their lives in a decade, owing to the monsoon’s fury in the Himalayan nation.