Kathmandu: Landslides and floods sparked by incessant monsoon rains have left 100 people dead and 67 others missing across Nepal by Sunday, media reports said.
So far, 100 people have died, while 67 are reported missing in the late monsoon-induced floods and landslides that took place across the country. In addition, another 100 people have been injured in the disaster, the Himalayan reported.
According to the Home Ministry, 20 people died in Lalitpur, 15 in Dhading, 12 in Kathmandu, 10 in Kavre, seven in Makwanpur, six in Sindhupalchok, five in Solukhumbu, five in Panchthar, and five in Bhaktapur.
Furthermore, three people have died in Dolakha, two in Sindhuli, two in Dhankuta, two in Mahottari, and one each in Ramechhap, Jhapa, Udayapur, Ilam, Saptari, and Nuwakot, the report said.
Nepal Police spokesperson Dan Bahadur Karki noted that 74 people have been injured in the disasters spelled by continuous rainfalls since Friday evening.
In the Kathmandu Valley, 48 deaths and 15 injuries have been confirmed, and 21 are still missing, Karki told Xinhua.
"The rescue efforts are ongoing," the spokesperson said, noting the casualties may rise further.
According to Rishiram Tiwari, spokesperson of the Ministry of Home Affairs, a total of 9,983 security personnel have been mobilised for search and rescue in the flood- and landslide-affected areas, and 3,039 people have been successfully rescued so far.
As almost all the major highways have been obstructed due to floods and landslides, it will take at least three to four days to clear them, he added.
On Saturday evening, 14 bodies were recovered from two vehicles buried in landslides in Jyaple Khola of Dhading district along the Tribhuvan Highway that connects Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, said Prahlad Silwal, deputy spokesperson for district police.
One more passenger bus buried in landslides was being retrieved, Silwal told Xinhua.
In response to the disaster, Nepal's Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology urged all the local governments to close the schools for three days starting from Sunday and decided to postpone all the examinations at the university level, which were scheduled until Tuesday.
