Indefinite rains affect people’s lives across the country: Hundreds of families displaced

The incessant rains since Monday night have affected people’s lives across the country and displaced hundreds of families.

After incessant rains, floods in various rivers in the eastern part of the country have inundated more than 2,000 houses and displaced hundreds of families.More than a thousand houses have been inundated in Jhapa.In Itahari municipality alone, 200 houses have been inundated due to continuous rains. 175 families have been displaced in Biratnagar and Katahari districts due to incessant rains and floods. Due to lack of proper drainage in various cities of the country including the capital Kathmandu, the main areas of the city have been inundated. Floods and landslides along with incessant rains have blocked the country’s main highways and roads, while regular air services have also been affected by bad weather.

Though those displaced by the floods have been shifted to safer places, police have urged the riverside settlements to be on high alert as the river level has risen due to incessant rains.

Floods and landslides along with incessant rains have blocked roads in different parts of the country

Due to the continuous rain, the road has been blocked by a landslide at Ghopte Bhir on the road section about two kilometers from Muglin under Prithvi Highway towards Kathmandu at around 11 last night.

According to the District Police Office, Chitwan, the landslide could not be removed due to incessant rains. Even if the rain stops, it will take time to remove the landslide as the landslide with large stones has piled up on the road.

Similarly, Muglin Narayangadh road section has also been blocked due to landslide at Namsi Bridge in Topekhola under Ichchakamana Village Municipality-6 of Chitwan.
Similarly, floods and landslides caused by incessant rains since last night have blocked the road at more than a dozen places on the Baglung-Galkot section of the Mid-Hills Highway. From Ghodabandhe of Kathkhola village municipality-5 to Galkot municipality-1 Dudilabhati . The road has been blocked due to floods and landslides in more than a dozen places on the highway section in Narethanti area.