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The Infrastructure Development Committee under the House of Representatives directed the government to collect detailed information about the people affected by floods and landslides and ensure that relief and compensation reach the affected families. A meeting of the Committee today expressed sorrow over the loss of valuable lives in the recent incidents of natural disasters that occurred in various parts of the country. The meeting has instructed the Ministry of Home Affairs to undertake prompt rescue operations for the injured, and to address the immediate requirements of food and shelter for the affected people. The meeting headed by Committee President Laalbir Chaudhary directed the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport to immediately repair the damaged structures meant for people's movement and transport such as roads and bridges. It is worth noting that Taplejung, Panchthar, Sankhuwasabha, and Tehrathum districts in the Koshi Province have been severely affected by recent floods and landslides, resulting in both human and physical losses. The committee's directive came on the same backdrop.  

Twelve people, who were trapped in a landslide at Yangwarak Yangwarak Rural Municipality-1 in Panchthar, have been successfully rescued by a Nepal Army Helicopter. They have been relocated at the local Bishnu Secondary School. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police, Hari Khatiwada, they had been trapped in the disaster since Saturday night. They are Naramaya Gurung (60) Sandeep Gurung (16), Hima Gurung (9) Krishna Bahadur Gurung (80), Dikmaya Gurung (60), Kajuhang Gurung (35), Sunita Gurung ()30, Man Bahadur Gurung (43), Man Kumari Gurung (44) and Sushma Gurung (16).  

A father and his son were killed in a landslide at Mehele in Sidingwa Rural Municipality of Taplejung district on Monday. Suresh Rai (36) died in the landslide while his 67-year-old father Keshav Bahadur Rai, who had gone missing since the disaster occurred this morning, was found dead later, according to the District Police Office, Taplejung. Kusaram Karki, Information Officer and Police Inspector at the District Police Office, Taplejung, confirmed the death of the father-son duo in the landslide at Muku Bhangyanj of Mehele. Similarly, preparations are underway to airlift Raj Kumar Rai (45) who was seriously hurt in the disaster, said Karki. Various districts in the eastern part of the country have been hit hard by monsoon-induced natural disasters such as flood and landslide due to incessant rain since the arrival of this year's monsoon on June 15. Meanwhile, three people have been out of contact in Sidingwa in the district. The trio were learned to have been stranded and sheltering in a cave following the flood. They are Denish Gurung (23) and his spouse Anita Rai and their two-and- a-half-year-old daughter of Surumkhim of Sidingwa Rural Municipality. A Nepal Army helicopter was flown for the rescue operation of the missing ones on last Sunday but to no avail due to adverse weather, informed Laxman Tamang, ward chairperson of ward no 7 in Sidingwa rural municipality. Rescue operation continues today as well, according to Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai, a parliamentarian from Taplejung.  

At least 22 people are still missing after they were swept away by the flooded Hewakhola river in Sankhuwasabha on Saturday night. Santosh Rai, 26, of Panchkhapan-9 died after he was swept away by the floods on June 17. The District Police Office said 17 workers employed at the under construction Super Hewakhola Hydropower Project at local Chainpur-4 have gone missing after they were swept away by the flood. The missing people have been identified as Santosh Dhakal of Sunsari, supervisor of the hydropower project, Bhuwan Singh Tamang of Chainpur Municipality), Subas Rai of Sankhuwasabha), Phaij Bahadur Karki of Jhapa, Ganesh Giri of Dhankuta, Raj Kumar Magar of Ilam, Meena Shrestha of Jhapa, Ram Jatan Tharu of Kailali, Rahul Tharu of Bardiya and Rohit Tharu of Bardiya. Kali Ram Tharu of Bardiya, Rajram Tharu of Bardiya, Sugat Tharu of Kailali, Amar Tharu of Kailali, Sita Tharu of Kailali and Deepak Magar of Sankhuwasabha, Ganesh Rai and Sanchamaya Rai of Sunamla, Sabhapokhari Rural Municipality-3 are also missing in the disaster. Ganesh and Sanchamaya were swept away while building a cowshed at Sunamla. Likewise, Bhim Chaudhary of Bardiya Municipality and Gyan Bahadur Limbu of Chainpur Municipality-4 have gone missing at Nundhaki of Chainpur Municipality-1. Limbu is the worker at Upper Hewakhola Hydropower. Two workers of the Super Hewakhola Hydropower have been seriously injured after they were swept away by the flood. Tikaram Chaudhary and Deepak Raj Tharu of Bardiya Municipality-7 are being treated at the Helping Hand Hospital at Chainpur. The flooding occurred after the river, which was blocked due to a landslide at Chainpur Municipality- 4 and Panchkhapan Municipality-9, burst. The subsequent flood in the river has caused huge loss of lives and properties.