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Lidi landslide update: Death toll reaches 37, two still missing


01 September 2020  

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SINDHUPALCHOWK: The number of people who died in the landslide that took place at Lidi of Jugal rural municipality in Sindhupalchowk has reached 37.

The body of 17-year-old Subas Pakhrin, who had gone missing in the landslide, has been found on Tuesday, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Madhav Prasad Kafle, said.

Two people are still missing in the incident.

A joint rescue team of Nepali Army, Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force is searching for the missing.

Thirty seven houses were washed away houses and 39 people had gone missing in the landslide that hit the settlement in Lidi in early morning of August 14.

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