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| Monsoon season 2014: Landslide at Jure (Sindhupalchowk district) |
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4 August 2014
At least eighteen persons have been killed, 17 injured and more than 155 are stillmissing after a massive landslide blocked Sunkoshi River at Jure, Mankha Village Development Committee in Sindhupalchowk district 120 Kilometers east of Kathmandu.
The death toll is expected to rise as many are feared to have gone missing in the landslide. The landslide that occurred at around 2 inthe morning of 1 August 2014, stopped the water flow and formed a large pool in the area. Local residents of Lamosangu, Balefi, Sukute, Khadi chour and Barhabise of Sindhupalchowk have already been evacuated to safer places.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) has declared an emergency on both sides of a 200 meter length (upstream - downstream) of the river and directed concerned authorities to open all 56 gates of the Koshi River Dam as a preparedness measure in case the landslide-blocked lake bursts.
The government has deployed a rescue team comprising over 500-700 security personnel and district teams for search and rescue, evacuation and early warning dissemination in the incident area and has already informed authorities in China and India and requested their technical assistance to deal with the developing situation.
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