Two persons died in a landslide at Nundhaki in Chainpur Municipality-1 of Sankhuwasabha district on Wednesday.

The deceased have been identified as Raj Kumar Rai (35) of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City-6, Sunsari and Him Bahadur Magar (20) of Chaudandigadhi Municipality-6, Udayapur. 

Police Inspector Milan Basnet said that the two workers were buried to death in a dry landslide while constructing the Chainpur-Nundhaki road section at around 11 am today.