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Kanchanpur, June 18: The water level
in the Mahakali River was measured the highest so far due to incessant rainfall
for the last three days in the Far-Western Development Region.
According to the measurement taken
at 7:00 am today, the flow of water in the river has reached 461,000 cusec.
The mobility on the Mahakali Bridge
connecting Nepal and India at Banbasha of Kanchanpur district has been stopped
following the rise on the water level in the River.
The local administration used to
close the bridge for vehicles once the river water crossed the 100,000 cusec
mark.
Meanwhile, the locals in Odali,
Piraiya, Bhujela areas of the Bhimdutta Municipality are urged to be alert as
the areas were in high risk of flooding, said Brikh Bahadur Rawal, Sub
Inspector at the District Police Office, Kanchanpur.
Rawal said some of the areas were
already inundated while the River has been eroding land on the Nepali side.
Similarly, Ward Nos. 7, 8 and 9 of
Dodhara VDC across Mahakali River have also been completely inundated. As many
as 60 households from Shantitole of Dodhara-8 have been displaced as the there
were high risks of inundation of the settlements, said Pappu Gurung, a local.
Locals
from the inundated area have already left their homes and headed to the safer
place after the flood water entered the settlements in Dodhara.
Likewise, the flood inundated Ward
No. 3 and 4 of Chandani VDC.
The river water of local rivers
including Doda, Sanbora, Syali Rivers has risen that Parasan, Laxmipur, Rampur,
Bilashpur, Shankarpur, Pipaladi, Dekhatbhul VDCs are also at high risk of
inundation in the district.
Sanbora River eroded Dakaniya and
Ranipur are of Pipaladi, Doda River eroded Tilaki, Ja of Dekhatbhuli, Daya
Amarpur Camp of Krishnapur, Kanja, Parsia of Shankarpur here while Syali River
eroded land around Freed Kamaiya Camp of Kalagaudi, according to locals.
District
Police Office has reported that the administration is yet to ascertain the
details of loss due to the flood and inundation. RSS
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