Kathmandu: Five people, including four
children, on Sunday died and an equal number went missing in three
separate landslides in Kaski and Shyangja districts in Nepal.
Three siblings were buried under the debris of their
house which was flattened by landslide in Mijuredanda of
Kaski, police said.
Maila Pariyar`s sons Rajenda (12), Shobhakar (7) and
daughter Sukmaya (4) were killed when they were buried inside
the house by the landslide triggered by heavy rain.
Pariyar couple and their two other sons escaped unhurt
as they ran away from the house when the landslide started
this morning.
In another incident, five persons went missing
following a landslide in Khisti area of the district.
In Phedikhola of Shyangja, Ganga Mahat (27) and her
son Kushal Mahat (4) were killed when a landslide swept away
their house this morning.
PTI
