15 houses at high risk due to floods
The area has been monitored by the district security agencies
MUSTANG: JUNE 15 – Fifteen houses are at high risk due to floods in Mustang. The Lupra River in the Varagung Muktichhetra Rural Municipality has been flooded. Fifteen houses along the river are at risk due to the floods that came yesterday afternoon.
According to the District Administration Office, Mustang, all the houses in Lupra village are at risk. Village Municipality Chief Fenchok Chepten Gurung informed that the Lupra River was flooded on Monday afternoon. “There’s frozen snow on top. That’s when the snow melts and the floods come at the same time, “he said. It is raining continuously in the area now.
The area has been monitored by the district security agencies after the river was flooded. Chief District Officer Hiradevi Poudel said that there was a possibility of avalanche even though she was not known of the glacier. -RSS
