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Thirty-people, who were injured during the Gen-Z protests, are still receiving treatment at different hospitals across the country, as per the latest data obtained by the Ministry of Health and Population.

One injured person is undergoing treatment at Civil Hospital, 10 at National Trauma Center, three at KMC Hospital, five at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, three at Patan Academy of Health Sciences, one at Nepal Police Hospital and one at Kritipur Hospital.   

Similarly, three injured ones are receiving treatment at B&B Hospital, one at Birat Medical Teaching Hospital, one at Nobel Hospital and one at Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences, added the Ministry.  

The Ministry received the latest data while contacting and coordinating with different health institutions and provincial health emergency operation centers. 

A total of 2,316 injured people visited hospitals for treatment. Of them 2,238 were discharged after treatment. 

Likewise, 49 people lost their lives in the course of treatment at various hospitals and nine injured ones have so far received treatment service at Gen-Z clinic from September 28, according to the Ministry.

At least 555 people, who were stranded in various parts of Koshi Province affected by floods and landslides following incessant rainfall, have been rescued safely.

According to SSP Deepak Pokharel, spokesperson at the Koshi Province Police Office, Biratnagar, they were rescued with the joint efforts of the Nepal Army, Armed Police Force, Nepal Police personnel and local volunteers.

Among them, Nepal Army rescued 23 people from highly risky areas through choppers while the remaining 532 people were taken to safer places via land routes.

Police said that 16 people were rescued from Jhapa Rural Municipality and are being kept in a safer place.

Similarly, three injured persons were rescued from Mangsebung Rural Municipality-1 in Ilam and have been taken to the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan for treatment.

Likewise, four injured people were rescued from Sandakpur Rural Municipality-4 Mabu in Ilam and have been sent to B&C Hospital in Jhapa for treatment, said SSP Pokharel.

So far, 44 people have been confirmed dead in various districts of Koshi Province due to floods and landslides.

As many as 37 people lost their lives in Ilam alone.

Two roads connecting Hetauda and Kathmandu have reopened this morning.

The Hetauda-Kulekhani-Phakhel-Pharping road and the Hetauda-Palung-Naubise road had been disrupted earlier by the landslides, according to District Police Office, Makawanpur's police inspector Thakur Sapkota.

He said that another route connecting Heatuda and Kathmandu: Bhimphedi-Kulekhani-Sisneri road and the Kanti Highway that connects Hetauda and Lalitpur Metropolis are yet to be restored for the traffic operation.

The Dodhare river had swept away the parts of the Bhimphedi-Kulekhani-Sisneri road.

Efforts are underway to reopen the roadway. 

Similarly, the landslide has blocked the Kanti Highway.

Efforts are underway to clear the debris and repair the damaged segments, police said.  

Over 1,300 houses have submerged in Sunsari due to incessant rainfall.

Floods, inundations, and landslides triggered by torrential rainfall have thrown life out of gear in the district.

DSP Yograj Khatiwada of the District Police Office, Sunsari, said that floods and landslides have caused damage in various places including Dharan, Itahari, Inaruwa, Barahachhetra, Ramdhuni and Bhokraha Narsingh in Sunsari.

According to him, roads have been obstructed in dozens of places.
Hundreds of locals have been evacuated to safer places.

The Dharan-Bhedetar road section of the Koshi Highway and the Dharan-20 Bishnupaduka-Sagurigadhi road section have been obstructed due to landslides.

Around 120 houses in Inaruwa Municipality-9 and 70 houses in Inaruwa Municipality-10 have been affected by the floods.

At least 300 houses have been submerged in the Jalpapur area alone, while residents of about 60 houses are taking shelter in their relatives’ houses.

Police Inspector Diwas Kunwar of the Area Police Office, Mahendranagar, said that about 160 houses in the Barahachhetra Municipality area have been inundated.

Around 300 houses have been submerged in Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality-5.

Police said that around 20 houses have been submerged in the Panchayan areas of Ramdhuni Municipality-6 and 7.

Likewise, 10 houses in Drum and Sukumbasi Tole of Itahari-5 have been inundated.