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The Narayangadh-Butwal road section along the East-West Highway has been obstructed.

Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) road has been obstructed again following a landslide at Daunne in Binayi Triveni Rural Municipality-2.

Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Bardaghat-Susta East, Bed Bahadur Poudel said the road that came into partial operation since Tuesday evening has been disrupted following torrential rain last night.

Efforts are underway to operate the road, he added.

Altogether 170 people have lost their lives to various incidents of monsoon-induced disasters in the last two months.

Similarly, 44 have been reported missing while 195 have suffered injuries in disasters such as floods, landslides and inundation among others from June 10 to August 8.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said that the number of deaths of people in the monsoon-triggered disasters has gone up compared to last year.

Natural disasters claimed lives of 72 persons, left 100 injured while 28 went missing last monsoon, according to the NDRRMA.

Altogether 2,998 households have suffered damages from monsoon-induced disasters while 197 houses were completely destroyed and 170 houses were partially destroyed this monsoon.

So far, three public offices, five concrete bridges, 15 suspension bridges and one hydro power plant have suffered damages from the disasters.

Over 169 cases of flood, 336 cases of landslides, 228 cases of heavy rainfall and 88 lightning cases were recorded during the two months.

Likewise, 471 disasters such as fire, storm, animal attacks, wildfire and snake bites were also reported during this period in which 19 people died, the NDRRMA statistic showed.

Since the arrival of monsoon, on an average 171.7 millimeters of rainfall has been measured to have taken place across the country. The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology had predicted more than average rainfall this monsoon.

Chandani Dodhara in Kanchanpur district recorded the highest rainfall in the past 77 years at 624 millimeters this monsoon, according to the Department.

A total of 8,252 police personnel from Nepal Police, 5,817 from Armed Police Force, 4,708 from Nepali Army were involved in search, rescue and relief distribution operation during the disasters.

The Ministry of Health and Population has taken efforts to prevent and control cholera and dengue after the infections started spreading at different parts of the country.

With the increasing number of dengue and cholera patients, Minister for Health and Population, Pradip Paudel, instructed the bodies concerned to launch effective steps immediately. Soon after Minister Paudel’s instruction, the Ministry forwarded short-term and long-term steps to that end.

According to the Ministry, Rapid Response Teams have been carrying out activities at dengue and cholera hit areas collaborating with province and local levels under leadership of Epidemiology and Disease Control Division to bring cholera under control.

The teams have been searching for the people who were in direct contact with patients and observing the symptoms. It would help to bring cholera under control, added the Ministry.

According to Minister Paudel’s Secretariat, activities were initiated immediately by holding discussions with bodies concerned of respective places to improve quality of drinking water to bring water-borne diseases under control.

The Ministry has made a plan of making food quality monitoring tasks effective at the center, provinces and local levels to prevent further problems in coming days. It has also been making preparations for carrying out necessary activities, formulating the National Cholera Control/Prevention Plan 2024-2030. 

Three children of Naresh Ram in Jhawani Tole, Simraungadh Municipality-7, Bara, have died of food poisoning.

According to Bara Police, the deceased have been identified as Lalima Ram (7), Pushpa Ram (7) and Ramnandan Ram (5).

The entire family on Sunday night consumed the same meal, which included rice and curry made from fish harvested from a local pond.

Despite this, only the children were affected. The children's mother and grandparents, who also ate the same food, did not experience any symptoms, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Prakash Sapkota of the District Police Office.

The preliminary investigation has not suggested any toxic substances in the home, and police are looking into whether the children might have consumed something else before their evening meal.

According to Area Police Office's inspector Nabin Rai, the children were initially taken to a local polyclinic after they complained of health complications, and then to the Provincial Hospital in Kalaiya, Bara.

One child died on the way to the hospital. The remaining two children were referred to the National Medical College in Birgunj, where they also passed away during the course of treatment.

Autopsies have been completed, and the bodies have been handed to the family. Their father, Naresh Ram, is said to be in Punjab, India in the course of employment, it has been said.