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The Madhyapurthimi Municipality is going to organize a three-day Madhyapurthimi festival in December.

The festival is being organized with the objective of promoting Madhyapurthimi Municipality, said Mayor Surendra Shrestha.

A committee including experts will be formed to organize the festival to be held from December 27 to 29.

In addition to cultural presentations and performances that reflect the identity of Madhyapurthimi, stalls highlighting the profession, business, indigenous products, handicraft, pottery, ceramics, etc. will be on display at the festival.

Various programs will be organized across Madhyapurthimi Municipality during the festival which will be prepared and managed through the main organizing committee, Mayor Shrestha said.

The flooded Bhotekoshi River swept away a person and a dozen of houses and public offices in Khumbu region on Friday afternoon.

The person gone missing in the flood has not been identified, the police said.

The flood occurred at Thame of Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality-5 in the district, according to the District Police Office.

Deputy Superintendent of Police, Dwarika Prasad Ghimire, said six houses, five hotels, a school and a clinic were washed away by the flood.

Seven other houses are at high risk in the area.

Both Nepal Army and Nepal Police personnel have been mobilized to the disaster site. The flood is receding now.

DSP Ghimire further said the flood was guessed as a flash flood due to the glacial lake outburst above the Thame area.

As many as 17 people were injured when a commuter bus met with an accident at Samuhagadh of Silgadhi Municipality-4 in Dipayal district on Friday.

The incident occurred after the bus (Na 5 Kha 4451) fell some 35 meters down the road.

Bhimlal Bhattarai, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Doti, said that the bus of Shaileshwori Yatayat Company was heading to Dipayal from Dhangadhi when the incident took place.

The injured have been rushed to Sujang Hospital at Rajpur in Doti for treatment.

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has said that the monsoon wind has its effects across the country at present and the low-pressure line of the monsoon is still around the average position.

Currently, some places in Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces are receiving light to moderate rain coupled with thunder and lightning.

According to the Department, it will be generally partly cloudy throughout the country this afternoon. It said that light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at some places in all provinces. 

Light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur at one or two places in all provinces and heavy rainfall at a few places of Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces in the next 24 hours. The Department has also urged the people there to remain cautious.

Similarly, it will be generally cloudy throughout the country tonight. Some places in Koshi, Madhes, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces are likely to receive light to moderate rain while one or two places in Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces are forecasted to receive heavy rain.