(Photo: Prime Minister's Secretariat)
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has inspected the damages caused by devastating floods in the Lhende Stream and the Bhotekoshi River along the Nepal-China border.
He was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Deepak Khadka, and the Prime Minister's Chief Advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal.
Among others leaving for Rasuwa are Chief Secretary Eak Narayan Aryal, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song, Chief of Army Staff Ashok Raj Sigdel, Inspector General of Nepal Police Deepak Thapa, Inspector General of the Armed Police Force Raju Aryal, and Chief of the National Investigation Department Hutraj Thapa.
Meanwhile, the reports from Rasuwa stated that 55 people amogn those trapped in the floods and landslides from the Lhende Stream last night have been rescued as of 6 PM, assistant CDO Druva Prasad Adhikari told Nepalkhabar.
Twenty individuals remain missing, including three police personnel: Lal Bahadur Shrestha, Munna Thakur, and Lokendra Bohora. The District Administration Office, Rasuwa, confirmed that other 11 missing individuals include Dil Bahadur Tamang, and Dhan Bahadur Tamang from Gorkha, Jipan Chaudhary, Santosh Dahit, Buddhiram Tharu, Laxmi Narayan Tharu, and Suresh Tharu from Bardiya, and Naresh BK from Baglung. Phurba Lama from Sindhupalchowk and two others: Govinda Moktan and Lokman Tamang whose addresses are yet to be confirmed.
Among the missing are six Chinese nationals. The Directorate of Public Relations of the Nepali Army stated that 294 army personnel from Dhading and additional troops from Rasuwa have been deployed across 17 locations to search for the missing.
Meanwhile, human body parts have been found in four separate locations along the Trishuli River that also experienced a severe flood last night.
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Damodar Bhandari, reported that the flooding has caused significant damage to the under-construction dry port at Timure in Rasuwagadhi.
Electric vehicles kept at the dry port are believed to have been washed away by the flood.
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