At least 18 people have been killed in two separate landslides in Kaski district. The death toll could go higher as many people are still missing, according to the police.
A massive landslide triggered by Wednesday night’s rain damaged the 20,000 liters water storage tank, sweeping away a settlement of around one dozen houses in Lumle village of Kaski. According to the Kaski District Police Office, as many as 13 bodies have been recovered so far and at least 25 more people are believed to be buried under the debris.
Five people have been rescued alive from Lumle and efforts are underway to airlift them to Pokhara for emergency medical treatment. As the landslide has blocked parts of the Pokhara-Baglung road, taking the injured people to the hospital by road has been difficult.
“Helicopter has not reached Lumle so far,” an officer at the Kaski District Police Office told Nepali Times . “It is difficult to take the injured to the hospital without helicopter, the road is blocked.”
In Bhadauretamagi of Kaski, another landslide has killed four and injured 13 people. However, police say no more people are buried here.
A team of Nepal Army and Nepal police has been digging into the rubble to rescue people alive in Lumle from early Thursday morning. Search and rescue works are almost over in Bhadauretamagi.
Source : Nepali Times
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