Persistent rainfall since Monday afternoon has inundated several areas of Chitwan district, but water levels in the region’s major rivers remain below flood warning levels, according to government monitoring data.

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology’s latest online update shows that the Narayani River at Devghat measured 5.7 metres at 8am on Tuesday. The river reaches the official warning level at 7.3 metres and the danger level at nine metres. Water levels at Devghat have remained stable.

Flood levels in the Lothar and Reu rivers also remain below warning thresholds.

However, the Reu river at Bankatta in Madi Municipality is continuing to rise, although it has not yet reached the warning level. Water levels in the Lothar river, a tributary of the Rapti river, have remained stable.

Along the Trishuli river, monitoring stations at Bhorle and Kalikhola in the Chitwan section recorded water levels below the warning threshold, with flows continuing to decline.

Similarly, water levels in the Rapti river in neighbouring Makawanpur district, which later joins the Narayani in Chitwan, also remain below the official warning level.

Despite the localised flooding caused by the prolonged rainfall, authorities said none of the district's major rivers had crossed flood warning thresholds as of Tuesday morning.