The landslide swept away some 15 houses in Bhirkharka area of Barhabise Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchowk district
India on Sunday handed over a consignment of disaster relief material to Nepal for flood- and landslide-affected families, officials said. On behalf of the Government of India, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indian Embassy here Namgya C Khampa handed over the material to Chanda Chaudhary, president of the Nepal-India Women Friendship Society. The relief material includes tents and plastic sheets for distribution to flood- and landslide-affected families in the country's five districts, the Indian mission said in a statement. In view of the recent destruction and loss of life caused by floods and landslides, the entire consignment will be distributed through the society in coordination with the local governments in the affected districts of Sindhupalchok, Kailali, Mahottari, Nawalparasi and Sarlahi in Province 2, Bagmati Province, Province 5 and Sudur Paschim Province. This was part of the Government of India's regular humanitarian assistance and disaster relief support to Nepal.
Seven bodies were retrieved from the incident site and two more bodies were recovered from Bhotekoshi and Sunkoshi rivers, said Rajan Adhikari, chief of the District Police Office, Sindhupalchowk
A team of Nepal Army personnel have reached the site for the search and rescue operation
Heavy rains for days led to the disaster
Dominant part of area falling under the very high and high landslide susceptible zone lies in Bhataghat, George Everest, Kempty fall, Khattapani, Library road, Galogidhar, and Hathipaon
Landslides and mudslides triggered by heavy rains blocked the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway at several places in Ramban district on Monday, officials said
Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended after heavy rains triggered a massive landslide, blocking the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country
A landslide occurred near the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp in Gauchar of Chamoli district on Sunday night which resulted in blocking of Badrinath Highway
The toll in landslide in Kerala's Idukki district rose to 55 on Wednesday as three more bodies were retrieved from under the debris while the flood situation worsened in Bihar but improved in Assam
The death toll in the massive landslide that destroyed a row of 20 houses of tea estate workers in the high range Idukki district of Kerala on Saturday
As per the records available with the district administration, 46 people are still missing
Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have initiated search and rescue operations on Saturday morning
NDRF, Kerala Police, Fire Force, locals and volunteers are carrying out the massive search exercise
Terming the landslide as a "terrible tragedy", he also urged Congress workers to lend a helping hand and do whatever they can to mitigate the suffering of the affected
Flood-like situation and landslides continue to cause havoc in several parts of Karnataka that has been battered by torrential rains
At least 70 people were suspected to be trapped under the soil, burying as many as 20 houses of plantation workers
A landslide occurred at Uttarakhand's Badrinath national highway in Bajpur of the Chamoli district on Thursday, due to incessant rainfall
The storm will cross North Maharashtra and adjoining South Gujarat coast between Harihareshwar and Daman, on June 3 afternoon
Landslides have hit the highway at five places in Ramban district, a police officer told PTI