Banke flood-hit to be resettled

A meeting of the District Natural Disaster Management Committee on Wednesday decided to resettle 140 families of Tepari at Holiya VDC , who were displaced by floods in the Rapti river, in a local community forest. “It is not possible to save the village from floods immediately. So we decided to resettle villagers in a safer place,” said Chief District Officer and Chairman of the Committee Jiban Prasad Oli. Floods from the river have swept away half a dozen houses and damaged many others, causing a loss of property worth thousands of rupees. The village is exposed to floods during monsoon every year. Officials at the District Forest Office said they will begin a survey of the land in the community forest from Thursday for rehabilitating flood victims. The Committee also decided to rehabilitate 400 families of Gangapur and Bhojbhagawanpur, who are at the threat of floods from the Rapti river, in local schools and public buildings. Three die, one goes missing Palpa: The body of Dilu Prasad Basyal, 42, of Khanigaun VDC -6 in the district, who was buried in a landslide on Wednesday morning, was recovered from the debris on Thursday. Likewise, Menuka Sharma, 55, who was injured in the disaster, died on Thursday while undergoing treatment in Bharatpur Medical College. In Myagdi, a girl died after she was swept away by a landslide at Tatopani VDC -1 in the district. The deceased has been identified as Kamala Rai, 21, from Udayapur. Rai, who worked as a wage labourer, was sleeping in a house when the incident occurred. Meanwhile, Keshabraj Parajuli, 50, of Pokhara-4 in Kaski went missing after the local Phirke river swept him away on Wednesday night. Parajuli slipped into the river when he went to the river bank to pee, police said. (PR)