Floods triggered by incessant rainfall in Kagkhola on Sunday night have caused a huge loss in Kagbeni.

The floods have completely destroyed 29 houses and 12 vehicles.

DSP Rabindra Nath Paudel of the District Police Office, Mustang said that the floods also swept an excavator.

He said that the floods have caused partial damage to 13 houses of Kagbeni Village while nine cow sheds have been completely destroyed.

Similarly, three temporary bridges, a concrete bridge connecting Jomson-Korala and a suspension bridge linking Kagbeni-Tire Gaun have been washed away, DSP Paudel said.

Warjung Muktichhetra Rural Municipality Chairman Rinjin Namgel Gurung said that the floods swept away houses, shops, hotels, police station and ward office among other structures.

Likewise, the floods in the Kagbeni river also washed away religious shrines and temples.

Gurung said that it will take a few days to gather the details of the property damaged by the floods in Kagkhola apart from physical structures.

The administration, police and local level had moved the people living near the embankment of the river to safer places after the landslide blocked the Kagbeni river.

Police said that there was no human loss owing to the floods in Kagbeni because of the same.

Floods have also damaged electricity, telephone and internet poles.

Chief District Officer Anup KC along with the teams of all three security agencies from Jomsom had reached the floods-hit area in Kagbeni after the floods caused damage to the Kagbeni Dham.