KATHMANDU: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has left for Baglung to inspect the flood-hit Dhorpatan rural municipality.
Minister Thapa headed for the destination in a Nepal Army chopper with relief materials to take stock of the incident site this morning.
Eight people have died and 13 others have gone missing in the floods triggered by swollen Sukurdung rivulet in Dhorpatan municipality, said District Police Office, Baglung.
The floods that occurred at 12:45 am today have washed away 15 houses in Bobagn, Sukurdung and Sherabang villages
Lawmaker Upendra Paudel has accompanied with Minister Thapa.
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