Rasuwa Floods: Death Toll Reaches 162

The death toll in the devastating flash flood occurred in Rasuwa district on Wednesday morning reached 162, according to the Nepal Police.

The information shared by the Nepal Police at 5:00 this morning recorded the death of 162 people.

Among the fatalities, two dead bodies were found in Rasuwa, and 12 bodies in Nuwakot. The number of bodies retrieved from Dhading was 27, the police added.

Gorkha recorded the dead bodies of 20 people; while Chitwan recorded 64 bodies. The police added that bodies of nine people were recovered in Tanahun district.

Nawalparasi Bardaghat Purba district retrieved the bodies of 26 people and two from Nawalparasi Bardaghat Paschim district.

The Nepal Police stated that 41 people are receiving treatment in different hospitals in different districts.

64 Bodies Recovered From Trisuli and Narayani Rivers in Chitwan

Sixty four dead bodies were retrieved from the Trishuli and Narayani riverbanks in Chitwan district.

The bodies were swept downstream by the floodwaters from the Bhotekoshi River occurred on Wednesday morning.

Officials said that whole body and the mortal remains (body parts) are also recovered on the riverbanks.

The Chief of District Police Office Chitwan, Superintendent of Police (SP) Rameshwor Paudel, confirmed that the retrieved dead bodies have been kept at the Bharatpur Hospital’s mortuary.

According to SP Paudel, nine dead bodies recovered in Tanahun have been sent to Tanahun district itself due to lack of space to keep the dead bodies at the district hospital in Chitwan.

All three security bodies deployed in Chitwan district have continued the search operations for those missing on the riverbanks.

he dead bodies to be retrieved from the rivers now onwards will be kept at the Office of the Industrial Business Development Corporation in Bharatpur citing lack of space in the hospital, SP Paudel added.