94 people killed, 44 others missing in monsoon-induced disasters

Kathmandu: A total of 94 people lost their lives and 44 others are still missing till today after the start of monsoon this year, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) confirmed.    
NDRRMA Spokesperson Bishow Prakash Aryal said that almost 6,000 people were shifted to safer places after the disasters this year.    
Nearly 800 houses were completely damaged while 25 hydropower projects, 29 motorable bridges and 29 suspension bridges recivied damages after the flooding, landslides and inundation caused by the heavy rainfall in different districts of the country.    
For this monsoon season, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology had forecasted more rain than the average.    
Unlike the past, heavy rain occurred in the districts of central Tarai this year. However, torrential rain is occurring across the country for the past three days, inundating thousands of houses in the districts of Lumbini Province and other provinces too. So far, around 4,000 houses were inundated in the past three days, according to the police reports.    
Likewise, nine persons lost their lives while six others went missing in the recent incidents of flooding, landslide and inundation, NDRRMA Spokesperson Aryal stated.    
Rainfall to continue till Monday    
The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has forecasted that rainfall was likely until Monday, adding that the weather would improve gradually from Tuesday.    
Meteorologist Samir Shrestha said that the districts of Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumibini provinces are witnessing rain today while the western part of the country will see heavy rain tonight.    
In the past 24 hours, Kapilbastu recorded the maximum rainfall with 182 mm while Chitwan, Palpa and Nawalparasi also received heavy rainfall.    
Meanwhile, the Authority on Sunday organised a coordination meeting with the representatives of development partners to mitigate losses in the society from the disasters.