A three-year-old boy drowned in Sano Maikhola of Jhapa Rural Municipality-2. The deceased is the son of Rahman Alam Miya.

According to the police, the child submerged in water while playing in the river on Tuesday afternoon and died while undergoing treatment at the Surunga-based Kankai Hospital.

Similarly, an eight-year-old girl died in a landslide at Khambu Toribari of Triyuga Municipality-15 in Udayapur on Tuesday morning.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Rajan Chapagain, the girl died after the landslide buried her house. Her mother, Hira Kumari Magar, 30, was injured in the incident.

According to Chapagain, around 15-16 houses in the area are at risk. Preparations are being made to shift the vulnerable people to a safer place, he said.

“We came to know about the incident around 7am and the body of the deceased is being brought to Gaighat for post-mortem,” Chapagain said.