Bajura tremor update: Information on damage being collected

December 21, Kathmandu: The District Administration has started collecting information on the damage caused by the earthquake that hit the district at 4.14 on Saturday morning.

Officiating Chief District Officer of Bajura, Rupak Mandal said that although the tremor measured 5.2 on the Richter scale and with its epicentre at Gotri, Jagannath Rural Municipality, did not result in human casualties, the houses of locals have developed general cracks.

Mandal said according to the preliminary information from police, no loss of life has been reported and the collection of the physical damage is on as the epicentre of the earthquake lies in a remote area and it takes time to travel there.

He added that one house at Budhinanda Municipality-4 has collapsed and three children in the house have been rescued unharmed. Acting CDO Mandal said information on damage is being collected in coordination with the people’s representatives, locals and police at all the nine local levels in the district.