The breach has put several settlements in the district at risk, according to officials.

It has been raining continuously for the past few days, leaving several settlements at risk of floods and inundation.

Around 500 houses inundated at several settlements of Saptari district.

Security personnel lobbed two dozen tear gas canisters to contain the situation after a violent clash ensued between rival political parties in Maulapur Municipality of Rautahat district on Thursday.

Most of the settlements in the district are prone to floods and inundation in the absence of proper embankment along the rivers and a lack of water outlets.

Floods in Bagmati and Lalbakaiya rivers had breached embankments and inundated settlements in Rautahat last year.

Province 2 Police Office has formed a three-member team led by Superintendent of Police Krishna Prasai to investigate the incident.

Unlike last year, the local federal units in Province 2 have not set up quarantine and isolation facilities, nor initiated contact tracing and mass testing, health workers say.

Jagarnathpur Rural Municipality in Parsa has urged authorities to dispatch a team of medical specialists after scores of villagers were down with coronavirus-like symptoms.

Those who were in contact with the suspects can easily transmit the virus to others while waiting for the test results to be released, health workers say.

None of the ventilators at the hospital are in working order, officials say.

Janakpur Provincial Hospital turned a Covid-19 suspect away citing a lack of beds in the ICU. The man went to two private hospitals before returning home because he could not afford treatment there.

Out of a total of 29,400 hectares of forest cover in Rautahat, 3,190 hectares have been encroached upon in the district.

The hospital is struggling to cope with the surge in cases due to a shortage of beds and other necessary supporting infrastructure.

Residents and bullion traders of Lahan have been protesting on the streets demanding justice for the deceased and other victims of arson and robbery for the past one week.

A group of six shot the jeweller and attacked his wife early Sunday morning. The jeweller who was fatally shot succumbed to his injuries at Saptarishi Hospital in Lahan.

A group of six shot the jeweller and attacked his wife on Saturday night. The jeweller who was fatally shot succumbed to his injuries on Sunday morning at Saptarishi Hospital in Lahan

Border crossings in Parsa and Bara have been witnessing a rise in the number of people returning from India lately.

Local residents have expressed dissatisfaction over the contractor’s handing over of the road in an incomplete state.

The girls, aged 10-18 years, were found in Sitamarhi in Bihar by the Indian police and will be handed over to Nepal Police.