KATHMANDU: A storm coupled with incessant rain on Thursday evening has blown up roofs of at least 50 houses in Dhading district.
According to preliminary reports by the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), properties worth millions of rupees and crops worth tens of thousands rupees have been destroyed in the natural disaster.
Houses at Benighatrorang Rural Municipality ward 6, 7 and 10, Gajuri Rural Municipality ward 2, Khalte of Nilkantha Municipality, Chyamarung and Galchhi Rural Municipality ward-5 have been destroyed in the storm-triggered catastrophe, said NRCS President Narayan Timalsina.
Details of loss from other areas of the district are yet to be assessed, said the NRCS.
Efforts were underway to collect details of the loss, said ward chair of Galchhi Rural Municipality-5, Prem Tamang.
Efforts are underway to collect details of loss at Benighatrorang Rural Municipality and the victims would be provided with relief, said chair of the Rural Municipality Hari Dallakoti.
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