{"id":430290,"date":"2026-05-24T08:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T02:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=430290"},"modified":"2026-05-24T08:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T02:21:00","slug":"flooding-displaces-four-families-hydro-power-plant-damaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/05\/24\/430290.html","title":{"rendered":"Flooding displaces four families, hydro power plant damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/badhi-pahiro-2-1024x749.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/badhi-pahiro-2-1024x749.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/badhi-pahiro-2-300x219.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/badhi-pahiro-2-768x562.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/badhi-pahiro-2.jpeg 1442w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Panchthar: Four families in Yangworak Municipality have been displaced after continuous rainfall triggered landslides and flooding in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to police, one family was relocated to a safer location after a landslide threatened their home. The families of Mohanlal Khawas and Kabir Khawas of Lambkhola, along with Ganga Prasad Begha of Kopche in Yangworak-1, were displaced after their houses were damaged by landslides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Superintendent of Police Anish Kumar Karna said six members of Bhagiman Begha\u2019s family were also forced to evacuate after their house became unsafe due to the landslide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other settlements remain at high risk from floods and landslides, including the homes of Balananda Begha and Maitraj Begha of Kopche; Rabin Rai, Ramkumar Rai, Ran Bahadur Rai, Mankumari Gurung and Dambar Bahadur Gurung of Chamlingdanda; Ratnaman Rai, Lachuman Rai, Rajesh Rai, Kamal Bahadur Rai and Sher Bahadur Rai of Ekrate; and Yam Magar, Purnakumar Magar and Sujan Magar of Kholaghari Magardanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Floodwaters have also damaged key infrastructure in the municipality. Suspension bridges connecting Lamitar and Chamlingdanda, as well as another bridge near Dobhan in Yangworak-2, sustained damage. Two under-construction bridges were also swept away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 41-foot bridge under construction over the Mewa Khola in Yangworak-2 Dobhan along the Pushpalal Mid-Hill Highway was washed away by the flood, completely disrupting traffic in the area, DSP Karna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Floods and landslides have additionally damaged the Harirhudulaya Mevakhola Hydropower Project in Yangworak-2 Mevakhola. The dam wall of the Iwakhola Hydropower Project and the Arun Kabeli Hydropower Project, located near the Taplejung border, have also sustained damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panchthar: Four families in Yangworak Municipality have been displaced after continuous rainfall triggered landslides and flooding in the area. According to police, one family was relocated to a safer location after a landslide threatened their home. The families of Mohanlal Khawas and Kabir Khawas of Lambkhola, along with Ganga Prasad Begha of Kopche in Yangworak-1, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":357737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16,4,15,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-430290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-koshi","category-en-news","category-province","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430290"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430294,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430290\/revisions\/430294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430290"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=430290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}