Vehicle plunged into Sunkoshi river retrieved, search on for three missing persons
The vehicle that plunged into the Sunkoshi river on Saturday has been found at 2 am today.
The Hilux SUV (Province 3-01-023 Cha 6366) which was heading towards Bhaktapur from Halesi of Khotang had fallen into the river at Kundule, Golanjor Rural Municipality-1 along the Mid-Hill Highway.
A team of divers from the Armed Police Force fished out the submerged vehicle from the murky river with the help of a dozer, said Superintendent of Police Govinda Raj Kafle, the Chief of the District Police Office, Sindhuli.
Kafle said that the vehicle was found 50 metres downstream from the spot it had plunged into the river.
Three people including the driver of the vehicle are still missing.
Those missing in the incident are Abin Bake (30), Pranit Syagu (30) and Balram Ghatuwa (37).
Nepal Police and APF divers along with locals are carrying out the search for the missing.
Four people were on board the SUV. Sushant Kakshapati (27), who survived after jumping out of the vehicle, has been discharged after receiving treatment at the Sunkoshi Community Hospital, Khurkot, police said.
Doramba landslide: six killed, four go missing
Six persons died and four others went missing when a landslide buried three houses at Shailung Rural Municipality-3 in Doramba, Ramechhap on Saturday night.
The deceased have been identified as Chandika Shrestha (30), her 18-month-old son Ayush, Urmila Pahari (57), Sandeep Pahari (30), Santosh Pahari (11) and Bigyan Pahari (14), according to the District Police Office.
Similarly, Anjana Shrestha (11) was injured in the incident.
The landslide occurred last night, said Rural Municipality Vice Chair Khamala Thapa Magar.
DSP at the District Police Office, Ramechhap, Pradeep Kumar Singh, said locals, police personnel and Nepal Army personnel carried out a rescue and search operation soon after getting information about the incident.
The flood also washed away a bridge of Andheri rivulet located at the border of ward 2 and 3.
Ward Chair Yadav dies in motorbike accident
Ramgopalpur Municipality-2 Ward Chairman Mukesh Kumar Yadav of Mahottari district died in a road accident.
DSP Lal Prasad Jaiswar, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Mahottari said that Yadav died when a motorbike (Lumbini Province 01-001 Pa 6362) he was riding met with an accident this morning.
His body was found near a culvert at Bardibas Municipality-8 along Jaleshwor-Bardibas road section.
Yadav was elected as ward chairperson from the CPN (Maoist Center).
Two killed in Ramechhap landslide
Two persons died in a landslide at Tokarpur Lekhkharka in Doramba Sailung Rural Municipality-3 of Ramechhap district.
Inspector Kailash Neupane, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Ramechhap, informed that two persons died after the landslide triggered by incessant rainfall swept away two houses in the district on Saturday.
“The bodies of two persons have been found. Their identities are yet to be ascertained. A person was rescued with injuries. Efforts are underway to search for others,” he said.
According to locals, eight to 10 persons are missing in the landslide.
The mudslide washed away four houses and a bridge in Doramba Rural Municipality.
Tokarpur residents have been left panic stricken following the landslide.
Locals of 1, 2 and 3 have been affected after the landslide that occurred last night.
More details are awaited.
