Gorkha, July 18
Three persons including an infant have died after a landslide buried a house in Andheri, Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-6 of Gorkha district on Wednesday.
When the landslide triggered by incessant rainfall buried the house of Nawaraj Kunwar; 10-year-old Prabina Kunwar, 20-year-old Saru Kunwar, and Saru’s eight-month-old son Unique died, according to locals.
Local Ram Krishna Shrestha says the incident occurred at around 6:30 in the morning today. After the landslide buried the house, locals had demolished another wall to find them dead.
Saru was a niece of the house owner Nawaraj and she was there to attend a religious function there.
Two persons have sustained minor injuries in the incident.
Meanwhile, the landslide has put some other houses also at risk.
Police have sent a team to the site for rescue and relief operations.
