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Three persons went missing when a jeep plunged into the Sunkoshi river at Lukun in Golanjor Rural Municipality-7, Sindhuli on Friday. DSP Chiranjibi Dahal of the District Police Office, Sindhuli said the jeep (Ba 1 Jha 7467) carrying employees of the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) was heading towards Khotang from Kathmandu when the incident occurred. It has been learnt that the four people were on board the ill-fated jeep. A person, however, managed to come out of the river safely. The identities of the missing persons are yet to be ascertained. DSP Dahal said that they are searching for the missing persons.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has said that all vehicles traveling outside the Kathmandu Valley should be operated only from the New Bus Park at Gongabu in Kathmandu. Issuing a notice today, the KMC appraised all those concerned, especially the transport entrepreneurs, about this new provision. The new provision is applicable for vehicles operating outside the Valley that ply on short route and long route. The provision aims to streamline the traffic management system in the bus park area where issues of haphazard parking, unsystematic uploading and unloading of passengers were rampant. The ticket booking counter inside the bus park, however, will be kept intact, the notice said. Furthermore, the KMC has also urged the concerned sides to remove the ticket booking counter outside the bus park effective from June 16. The KMC has urged all the stakeholders for implementation of the new provision. Those vehicles plying on the long route and obtaining permit up to Banepa, Sankhu and Dhulikhel are barred from stopping at stations from Kalanki to Jadibuti. The KMC shall coordinate with the Traffic Police to bring to book those disobeying the new notice, the KMC warned.    

Normal life in Saptari has been badly affected due to excessive heat in the recent days. The students of community and private schools are at the receiving end as the schools in two local levels are closed due to soaring temperature. Acting Mayor of Rajbiraj Municipality Israt Parbin said that the municipality announced holidays for the students for five days to escape the rising temperature. Likewise, Kanchanrup Municipality has also decided to close the schools there for five days. Issuing a press note on Thursday, Chief Administrative Officer Renuka Sah said the schools would remain closed for five days from Friday. Furthermore, Mahendra Bindeshwori Multiple Campus has closed the campus for 20 days from June 4, Campus Chief Rajib Kumar Mishra said. Temperature in the districts of Tarai has sharply increased in the past one week.  

Normal life in Rautahat district has been adversely affected due to extreme heat. As the temperature is soaring up every day, the concerned authority has directed the schools to shut down for a week. Issuing a notice on Thursday, the District Education Coordination Unit, Rautahat has urged the schools of all the 16 local units to close down for a week. Unit Chief Ramabinay Kumar Singh said that as the students have started falling sick owing to the excessive heat, the schools have been asked to shut down for a week.