485 persons affected by Lhende flash flood evacuated

Kathmandu, July 10: As many as 485 persons displaced after a flash flood at Rasuwagadhi, the Nepal-China border, have been evacuated.

They were shifted to safe places with the help of the Armed Police Force (APF). An APF team opened a track to evacuate the affected ones. Co-Spokesperson at APF, Shailendra Thapa, informed that a makeshift route was built after the complete closure of the Rasuwagadhi-Syafrubenshi road section due to the Lhende stream flooding on Tuesday.

The security personnel also moved two containers and an electric vehicle parked in the yard of the Customs Office to a safe place. In the early morning flood occurred on Tuesday, 20 persons- 14 Nepalis, including three security personnel and six Chinese nationals- have gone missing. Miteri Pul, the Nepal-China border bridge, was washed away by the flooding, thereby completely closing the border point between the two countries.

APF stands in Kathmandu Valley. Meanwhile, APF has informed that the security force was on standby round the clock in the wake of possible flooding in the Kathmandu Valley. Some 400 APF personnel are readied with necessary rescue materials, Spokesperson Thapa added.