Gandaki Province
One more body recovered from Parbat landslide site
The landslide that occurred on Saturday night has killed nine people.Post Report
One more body has been recovered from the site of a landslide that occured in Durlung, Parbat, on Saturday, June 13.
Locals on Wednesday recovered the body of a 14 year old from a resting spot about two hundred metres below the settlement, said Dola Raj Sharma, a local.
According to Inspector Buddhi Prasad Subedi, a joint team of Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Nepal Army was involved in the search operation. Nine people were killed in the landslide; the bodies of three victims were recovered on Saturday night while five bodies were found on Sunday.
The landslide that occurred at a settlement near Kafalchaur Secondary School was triggered by heavy rainfall. It started from the Raniban Community forest and swept away a roadway some 30 metres below before destroying two houses and damaging several others.