Kathmandu, Sept 28: The death toll from floods, landslides and inundation due to heavy rainfall for the last three days has reached 87 people till 8:30 pm Saturday.
Earlier, 66 people had died till 5.00 pm, according to the latest information. With the confirmation of 21 more fatalities, the death toll has reached 87.
Spokesperson of Armed Police Force Nepal, Deputy Inspector General Kumar Neupane confirmed the death of 87 people and informed the RSS that 72 others are still missing.
Similarly, another 36 people were injured. According to him, 48 people have died in Kathmandu Valley alone. Twenty people died in Kathmandu, five in Bhaktapur and 18 in Lalitpur. Similarly, 10 people died in Koshi province and 29 in Bagmati province. Nine people are missing in Koshi, one in Madhesh province, 21 in Kathmandu Valley, 39 in Bagmati and 2 in Lumbini province.
Likewise, 14 people have died in Kavrepalanchok, seven people died in Makwanpur, five in Panchthar, four in Sindhupalchok and three in Dolakha, police said. Kavre has the second highest number of missing with 26.
Similarly, 72 people have gone missing in other districts, including five in Panchthar, four in Jhapa, and five in Sindhupalchowk.
According to the police, 853 people have been rescued from Koshi, 56 from Madhesh province, 1,457 from the valley, and 494 from Bagmati.
