KATHMANDU: District Administration Office (DAO), Dolakha has urged the people living on the banks of the Tamakoshi River to take precautions saying that the river has been blocked.

Issuing a notice that Tamakoshi River has been blocked in the Tibet region of China, creating a huge artificial lake, the DAO, Dolakha has alerted the people living on the bank of the river of the possible flood risk.

The DAO, Dolakha, in the notice, has stated that a heavy rain is occurring in Rongsiya City and in the surrounding area triggering a landslide which blocked the Tamakoshi River.

“A heavy rain is occurring in Rongsiya City and its surrounding area, triggering a landslide which has blocked the Tamakoshi River,” reads the notice issued by the DAO, Dolakha.

The river blockade has posed a threat to the settlement bordering China and those living on the bank of the Tamakoshi River.

The blocked river can burst at any time soon and likely to inundate the settlement on the river banks in the Nepal side, said the notice.