Six people died due to flood in Madhes province, losses amount Rs 5.6 million

Janakpurdham: The death toll due to floods in Madhes province has reached six. A girl was also among the dead.

Among the deceased two are from Mahottari and Rautahat and one each from Saptari and Sarlahi. Similarly, two people are missing and eight people are injured due to the flood, said Subas Chandra Bohora, spokesperson of Madhes Province Police Office, Janakpurdham.

Likewise, one each is missing in Sarlahi and Parsa. In eight districts of Madhes province, there has been a loss of Rs 5.6 million due to flood. Nine livestock also died due to flood. Among the deceased are 16-year-old Rohit Sah of Gaushala Municipality-8 and 21-year-old Man Bahadur Thing of Bardiwas Municipality-11 of Mahottari; eight-year-old Prince Kumar Sah of Balan Bihul Rural Municipality-4 and currently living in Rajbiraj Municipality-8 of Saptari; 37-year-old Rajkumar Mukhiya of Durgabhagavati Rural Municipality-4 of Rautahat and 14-year-old Asha Kumari Sah of Paroha Municipality-7 and 12-year old Ankit Thakur of Laxmipur-12. Similarly, 15-year-old Mukesh Mahato Soti of Bagmati Municipality-9 of Sarlahi went missing after being swept away by the river. A girl has gone missing in Parsa.

Out of the eight districts, three were injured in Rautahat, one in Siraha, one in Sarlahi and three in Bara, Superintendent of Police Bohora informed. Four hundred and eighty-eight people from 96 families have been displaced by the flood.

Similarly, 35 people trapped in the flood have been rescued. From today, the life of the province is becoming normal.