Saptari district headquarters inundated

Saptari, July 19 –  Half a dozen VDCs including the district headquarters of Saptari district have been inundated due to incessant rainfall from Thursday.

Ward Nos. 5, 6 and 7 of the Rajbiraj Municipality have been inundated due to rainfall for the past two days.

Locals have been facing problems in their movement as Rajbiraj-based Adalat Road, Bishnu Devi Road and Gajendra Road have been waterlogged and the official works of District Soil Conservation Office, District Development Committee, District Administration Office and Land Reform Office have been affected as the offices have also been waterlogged.

Number of service recipients at government offices has deceased following the water-logging in the town. Similarly, Tilathi VDC has been again inundated after floods in Khando river entered into the VDC.

Niraj Jha, a local, said that around 200 houses of Ward No. 1, 2 and 3 have been completely inundated due to incessant rainfall for the past two days.

Police said that Rampur Malhaniya, Sakarpura and Belhi Customs Office have also been inundated due to continuous rainfall. Earlier too, the area was also inundated two weeks ago due to unabated rains.

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