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Floods triggered by incessant rainfall in Kagkhola on Sunday night have caused a huge loss in Kagbeni.

The floods have completely destroyed 29 houses and 12 vehicles.

DSP Rabindra Nath Paudel of the District Police Office, Mustang said that the floods also swept an excavator.

He said that the floods have caused partial damage to 13 houses of Kagbeni Village while nine cow sheds have been completely destroyed.

Similarly, three temporary bridges, a concrete bridge connecting Jomson-Korala and a suspension bridge linking Kagbeni-Tire Gaun have been washed away, DSP Paudel said.

Warjung Muktichhetra Rural Municipality Chairman Rinjin Namgel Gurung said that the floods swept away houses, shops, hotels, police station and ward office among other structures.

Likewise, the floods in the Kagbeni river also washed away religious shrines and temples.

Gurung said that it will take a few days to gather the details of the property damaged by the floods in Kagkhola apart from physical structures.

The administration, police and local level had moved the people living near the embankment of the river to safer places after the landslide blocked the Kagbeni river.

Police said that there was no human loss owing to the floods in Kagbeni because of the same.

Floods have also damaged electricity, telephone and internet poles.

Chief District Officer Anup KC along with the teams of all three security agencies from Jomsom had reached the floods-hit area in Kagbeni after the floods caused damage to the Kagbeni Dham.

Contractors have staged a demonstration in the Capital on Monday also demanding that the government make payments for their completed works.

The contractors staged the demonstration in front of the Department of Road in Chakupat and Department of Irrigation in Jawalakhel.

The contractors have been staging the protest since June 30 demanding a formation of a high-level talks team to address the demands of contractors, extension of the contracts, overdue payments and adjustment of price among others.

The contractors from all over the country have come to the Capital to make the protest successful, contractor Raju Karki said.

They said that they will continue their protest until the government addresses their demands.

The water level in the rain-fed Narayani river has crossed the danger mark.

According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the Narayani river crossed the danger mark at 5.51 am on Monday.

With the constant rise in the water level in the river, the local administrations have asked the river side settlements in Chitwan and Nawalparasi to adopt safety alerts.

According to the Weather Forecasting Division, heavy rainfall is likely to take place in different parts of the country today.

Floods triggered by heavy rains on Sunday evening wreaked havoc at Kagbeni in Warjung Muktichhetra-4 of Mustang.

According to a preliminary investigation, the flood triggered by torrential rainfall in the Thado Khola last night washed away around two dozen houses.

Warjung Muktichhetra Rural Municipality Chairman Rinjin Namgel Gurung said that the floods swept away houses, shops, hotels, police station and ward office among other structures.

Likewise, the flood in the Kagbeni river also washed away religious shrines and temples.

The flood caused partial damage to the house where NMB Bank is located and Janashakti Secondary School.

The sudden flood has swept away goods of half a dozen houses and houses in the southeast of Kagbeni river have been completely destroyed.

The flood also washed away a temporary bridge and an under construction bridge that would connect Josom and Korala.

Similarly, it has been said that the flood also swept away two parked vehicles.

Earlier on Sunday evening, the landslide had blocked the Thado Muktinath Kagkhola in Kagbeni.

Following the incidents, the locals have been moved to safer places.

Chief District Officer of Mustang Anup KC said that no human casualties have been reported so far.

He said that preparations are underway to collect the details of the properties destroyed and damaged by the floods.

CDO KC further said that a team of security personnel has left for the incident site to carry out rescue operations.