10 families displaced by landslides in Khotang, damage 57 lakhs

According to Chief Deputy Superintendent of Police Purushottam Khadka of the District Police Office, the families of Suresh Tamang, Somprasad Tamang and Prem Bahadur Rai of Aiselukhark rural municipality-4 were displaced when their house collapsed. Among them, 4 families of Suresh, 6 families of Somprasad and 4 families of Prem Bahadur were displaced.

Likewise, the houses of Karna Bahadur Giri, Mugadhan Rai, Junukumauri Rai, Kanyaraj Tamang and Machin Tamang of the said ward were damaged by the landslide and their families were displaced. Among them, the family of 9 members of Karna Bahadur, the family of 5 members of Mugadhan, the family of 2 members of Junukumari, the family of 4 members of Kanyaraj and the family of 3 members of Machin have been displaced.

The family of Ratna Bahadur Ramtel of Ward No-1 of the same municipality has also been displaced. After his house is at risk of landslide They were displaced along with their family of 5 people. Pashupati Gurung of Rawabesi rural municipality-6 Hauchur Chapakhark's house was damaged by a landslide and his family of 8 people were displaced.

Landslides have also damaged the meeting hall of Aiselukhark rural municipality, the drinking water supply of Diktel market, etc. Navraj Joshi, Chairman of Drinking Water Consumers' Committee, said that in addition to the flood damage to the drinking water source of Diktel Bazar, landslides also damaged the pipes in some places.

'Floods and landslides have damaged water sources and landslides in places,' Joshi said, 'We have tried to repair them and provide water to the consumers.' DSP Khadka said that due to the incessant rains, the landslides caused damage worth 57 lakhs. .

"So far, 50 people from 10 families have been displaced," Khadka said, "Including them, there have been reports of damage worth around 57 lakhs in various places."