Tame Flood: Traffic above Namche is blocked

According to Deputy Inspector of Police Hem Bahadur Katwal, between Phakding and Namche, 100-100 meters of footpath has been eroded by the river. Because of this, traffic from Lukla to Namche has been blocked.

He said that the trail was blocked when Bhotekosi cut the only trail on the Everest trail. The flood along with Ledo coming through Thame river has mixed with Dudhkosi river through Bhotekosi. The local Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa said that when the dam of the local hydropower project in Khumbu washed away, the communication service in the area was also stopped.

She said, 'Thame is in a tense state at the moment, there are no lights, no phone, no TV, everything was swept away by the flood, everything except the lives of the locals was swept away by the flood, it is extremely difficult here. The tourist village has all been washed away, it is disgusting to see.'

floods 20 houses and hotel lodges, a health post and a school in Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality-5 were washed away. Nepali Army and Police have rescued 93 people from Thame and kept them in a house behind the Armycam, while 42 people have been kept in a local community building, Deputy Superintendent of Police Dwarika Prasad Ghimire said.

After the flood affected the coastal area of ​​Lower Solu as well, five families of Mapyadudhkosi rural municipality-6 have been relocated by the police. When the flood passed through Bhotekosi and merged into Dudhkosi, the Mapya-Khumbu Miteri concrete bridge in the lower area of ​​Solukhumbu was damaged. District Police Office Solukhumbu said that the Paki Motorable Bridge over the Dudhkosi River connecting Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality and Mapyadudhkosi Rural Municipality of the district was damaged to the point where the flood eroded the area around Koshi. Along with the damage to the bridge, it is said that the direct road network running from Salleri to Khumbu was also broken.

Meanwhile, a team including Defense Minister Manvir Rai has reached the landslide-hit Thame village from the helicopter of the Nepali Army. A team of the Disaster Management Committee including Defense Minister Rai arrived in Thame from Kathmandu for the on-site inspection of Thame village which was washed away by the flood in Thamekhola on Friday afternoon. The inspection team includes Chief District Officer of Solukhumbu, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Colonel of Nepali Army, District MP and others.