Police requests people to stay outside their houses after earthquake in Bajhang

Bajhang: After the earthquake hit Khaptadchanna Rural Municipality-6 Patadeval on Saturday evening again, Nepal Police have 'mic'ed' the local residents to stay outside their houses. According to Assistant Police Inspector Ram Bahadur Bam of Patadewal Police Station, after the earthquake that occurred last Tuesday at midnight shook the houses of the locals, the locals were asked to stay outside.

"We are miking the houses that were shaken by the earthquake that occurred on Tuesday night, saying that it is a risk to stay inside after the earthquake on Saturday shook more," he said. According to him, in Patadeval, Rajkot, Tiune, Pujarigaon, they are burning fire outside the house. Even in Khaptadchanna-5, locals are sitting outside heating the fire.

Kul Prasad Joshi, a local, said that the locals were worried after the houses that were damaged in Tuesday's earthquake were further damaged. The residents of Chainpur, the headquarters, have spent the night in the square of Far Western Boarding School.