Landslide in Parbat: Five dead, three missing

KUSHMA: SEPT. 3 – Five people have been killed in landslides in different parts of the Parbat. Three people have gone missing. Two people have been found dead in a landslide in Kushma Municipality-3 Durlung after continuous heavy rains.

The bodies of 15-year-old Bimala Poudel and 11-year-old Binita Poudel have been recovered from the same house.

According to Shivaraj Budathoki, Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Police Office, the search is on for three missing persons.

Similarly, two persons were killed in a landslide in Kushma Municipality-11, Pakuwa. The deceased have been identified as Durga Poudel, 35, and her 6-year-old son Ganesh Poudel, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Budhathoki.

Similarly, 50-year-old Thulimaya Thapa also died in a landslide in Modi Rural Municipality-5, Ambot, police said.