Water level rises in Koshi River
The water level has risen in Saptakoshi River following incessant rainfall.
The red lights are put on and red flags hoisted after the water level crosses 150,000 cusec.
Chief District Officer of Sunsari Indradev Yadav said that the water flow in the river was measured at 158, 125 cusec on Wednesday morning.
It is considered as dangerous after the water level crosses 150, 000 cusec in the river.
Arable lands and human settlements have been inundated after the concerned authorities did not open all the gates off Koshi Barrage which is under the control of the Indian government.
The Sapkota Koshi has started eroding the land of SriLanka Island as the authorities have opened all the gates of the Koshi Barrage, local Santosh Chandrabansi said.
Floods wreak havoc in Sunsari
Almost all the places of Sunsari have been inundated due to incessant rainfall.
Most of the settlements of the southern part of Sunsari have been submerged after the flooded river gushed into the settlements and due to the poor drainage system.
Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality, Koshi Rural Municipality, Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City, Duhabi Municipality, Harinagara Rural Municipality and Barju Rural Municipality among others have been inundated due to the torrential rainfall for the past three days.
Indradev Yadav, Chief District Officer of Sunsari, said that around 70 families of Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality-5 and 7 have been displaced due to floods.
He said that Barju ward No. 5, Duhabi-12, Koshi-2, Inaruwa-4, 6 and 8 have been deluged.
It has been estimated that around 1, 000 houses have been inundated in Sunsari.
The flood-displaced 150 families have been kept in schools and public places.
A joint team of Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police have been deputed in the flood-affected areas.
Floods and inundation render hundreds of families homeless in Morang
As many as 367 families have been displaced due to floods and inundation triggered by torrential rainfall in Morang district so far.
DSP Deepak Shrestha, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Morang, 1,368 persons of the 367 families have been shifted to safer places by Wednesday morning.
He said that the number of displaced people could increase as the rains have not stopped yet.
According to him, the houses of the displaced families have been completely submerged.
The eight local levels of Morang including Biratnagar Metropolitan City, Capital of Province 1, have been hit hardest by the water-induced disasters.
Biratnagar Metropolitan City, Belbari, PathariShanishwori, Urlabari and Sunbarsi Municipality and Kanepokhari, Gramthan Budhiganga and Jahada Municipality have been affected the most.
DSP Shrestha said that 63 families of Biratnagar-7 and 8 have been displaced due to inundation so far. He said that hundreds of families have been affected in Biratnagar.
As many as 1, 400 families of Biratnagar and Katahari have been affected due to the Singhiya River.
Police said that eight families of Belbari-6, 150 of Katahari-1, 120 of Jahad-1 and 2 and 26 of Budhiganga-1 have been displaced.
Chief District Officer of Morang Kashiraj Dahal said that the floods have damaged houses and various physical infrastructures like bridges and roads among others.
Mumbai building collapse kills at least 11 with more feared trapped
A four-storey residential building collapsed in India's financial capital of Mumbai overnight, killing at least 11 people, with more feared trapped under the rubble, officials said on Tuesday, Associated Press reported.
Part of the building, located in a crowded suburb in the central part of the city, crumbled to the ground at around midnight on Monday, the city's civic body BMC said.
Rescue workers were working to pull out debris and rubble until late on Tuesday, with work hampered by heavy rain.
Building collapses are common in Mumbai during monsoon season, mostly due to poor construction, according to Associated Press.
