Schools, affected by flood in Trishuli river following Bhotekoshi flash flood, have been closed for indefinite period in Nuwakot district.

All the schools located in most flood hit Bidur Municipality as well as Kispang Rural Municipality have remained closed  while there is uncertainty to  resume teaching learning activities in schools in other flood-hit areas.

Mayor of Bidur Municipality, Rajan Shrestha, shared that there is no preparation to open schools immediately as students, teachers and parents are missing, school structures, roads and bridges have been damaged due to flood. 

The schools would be reopened only if daily life of the people became easier to some extent and people could easily cross the river.

Education Section Chief Naba Raj Sapkota said the flood caused massive damage because its impact was not expected, even though information about the flood had been received.

However, some schools managed to avert huge incidents by exercising high-level cautions, he opined.

"The current situation and daily life is not normal. We will make a plan to conduct teaching learning activities through alternative mediums after some time," he stressed. 

Out of 83 schools in Bidur Municipality, one dozen of schools have been directly affected. As per the data of the Education Section, four school buildings suffered full damages. 

As per preliminary data prepared by Education Development and Coordination Unit, Nuwakot, there is no situation to run schools in previous places as the flood has damaged all structures of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School, Ramchandra Basic School, Chetana Basic School and Trishuli Community Boarding School. 

Similarly, three blocks and the hostel building of Uttargaya English Boarding School have been completely damaged.

Difficulties have surfaced in running teaching learning activities as the hostel of Chandeshwori Secondary School, where visually impaired students were residing, as well as Sahid Jagat Prakash Jung Shah Sanskrit Secondary School and Pioneer English Boarding areas have been damaged. 

A school bus of Ramchandra Basic School and two buses of Uttargaya English Boarding School were washed away by the flood.

Likewise, though the flood has not caused damages to school buildings at Kispang rural municipalities, two school buildings have been set up as holding centres and one school at Belkotgadhi. 

Shila Devi Secondary School located at Belkotgadhi-7 and Mahadev Secondary School at Belkotgadhi-5 have also been affected by flood.