The bodies of eight out of the nine people who died in the severe flood in Rasuwa on Tuesday have been brought to Kathmandu. All the bodies have been kept at the teaching hospital in Maharajganj.
The Central Spokesperson of Nepal Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police Vinod Ghimire informed that none of the bodies could be identified except for one person. He also informed that one person has been cremated today.
The body of a police sub-inspector Lal Bahadur Shrestha, who went missing from Rasuwa due to floods, was found on the banks of the Trishuli river at 15 kilos of Chitwan. His body was found by his family today and cremated today.
19 people are still missing in the Rasuwa flood. The police said that it is yet to be identified whether the body found now belongs to the missing person or not.
Among the bodies found, only five bodies can be identified. Only four human organs were found. The police said that the DNA test of the dead body is necessary. Two policemen, 6 Chinese citizens and 11 civilians are still missing in the flood. The flood washed away Miteri Bridge in Nepal China border area, washed away 24 containers, six trucks and 35 EV vehicles.
The road from Dhunche to Timure has also been blocked. Dam of Rasuwagadhi Hydro, yard of Customs office Rasuwa has also been damaged. Senior Superintendent of Police Sanjay Singh Thapa, the spokesperson of Bagmati Province Police Office, informed that the search for the missing persons is going on in the river coastal areas of different districts.
Similarly, the police have informed that the rescue operation of stranded citizens in different areas of Rasuwa is also continuing.
