30 killed, over 1, 000 injured in Gen Z protests
The Ministry of Health and Population has stated that 30 people have died and more than 1,000 were injured in the Gen Z protests.
According to Dr Bikash Devkota, Secretary at the Ministry, 30 people have died and 1,061 people are undergoing treatment in 29 hospitals across the country.
According to him, six people died in Civil Service Hospital, eight in National Trauma Center, three in Everest Hospital, two in Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal, one in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, three in Frontline Hospital, two in Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health and Sciences and five in Bheri Hospital.
Similarly, 274 injured people are being treated. Similarly, 56 people have been referred from one hospital to another and 719 have already returned home after treatment, he said.
Curfew relaxed in Kathmandu Valley
The Nepal Army has continued curfew in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur.
Issuing a statement, the Directorate of Public Relations and Information of Nepal Army stated that there is a need to gradually relax the curfew imposed for for the protection of citizens' lives and property.
The Nepal Army said that people will be allowed to travel from 6 am to 10 am and from 5 pm to 7 pm today for essential works.
The Army has also stated that employees working in public institutions, including government offices, banks and financial institutions, can travel to and from their offices by showing their identity cards.
Similarly, passengers of domestic and international flights will be able to travel to and from the airport by showing their flight tickets.
Landslide obstructs Kaligandaki Corridor
The Kaligandaki Corridor has been obstructed due to a landslide triggered by incessant rains since Wednesday night.
The road has been completely blocked since last night after a landslide took place at Rakse in Kaligandaki Rural Municipality-2 under the Gulmi section of the Kaligandaki Corridor, said Ganga Bahadur Saru, Information Officer of the District Police Office, Gulmi.
A police team has been deployed from the Purtighat police post to the landslide site this morning to clear the road.
However, continuous rainfall is hampering efforts to clear the landslide debris piled up on the road.
As a result, vehicles traveling to Palpa and Butwal via Parbat, Baglung and Ridi have remained stuck. Information Officer Saru said that local construction company Kalika Construction has kept machines ready to clear the road for traffic once the rain stops.
Four escaped prisoners arrested
The District Police Office, Baglung has arrested four prisoners who had escaped from the District Jail, Kaski and the District Jail, Myagdi.
They were apprehended at the Maldhunga checkpost on Wednesday, as they were trying to enter into Baglung, shared Police Inspector Keshav Thapa of the District Police Office, Baglung.
Three prisoners had escaped from the Kaski District Jail and one from the District Jail in Myagdi.
