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Monsoon-triggered landslide kills six in Tanahun; five missing



TANAHU: The death toll from landslides reached six in Tanahun district.

According to District Police Office, the deceased are Kamala Thapa, 40, her 24-year-old son Manoj and 21-year old daughter Anjana from Majhphant in Vyas Municipality.

Likewise, 20-year old son Rajesh is still missing.

Kamala’s husband Keshar Bahadur is rushed to hospital after a rescue operation.

Likewise, 70-year-old Maita Kumari Gharti of the same place was also killed in landslide.

Police said that one dead body is recovered while four others are still missing in a landslide at Paltyang of Rishing Rural Municipality-8 in the district.

Similarly, 17-year old Laxmi BK of Belautedanda of Myagde Rural Municipaality-6 was killed in a landslide.

The incident occurred when the landslide buried her house.

Rishing Rural Municipality’s spokesperson BijayDarai shared that the search and rescue operations are underway in the landslide-hit areas.

Darai said that 30-year-old Bhesh Bahadur Thapa, his 29-year-old wife Nanu Maya and 5-year-old daughter Amisha Thapa; 22-year-old Mahadev Thapa and Mahadev’s 19-year-old wife Manisara Thapa are missing when the landslide buried their house at the same locality.

Likewise, 60-year old Jyoti Maya Thapa was rescued and is receiving treatment. RSS

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