SINDHUPALCHOWK, Aug 1: Seventeen houses and huts in Helambu and Melamchi of Sindhupalchowk were washed away by the flooded Melamchi River last night. According to the District Police Office, the incessant rains for some days triggered the flood.
Of them, nine are cemented residences, DPO's Superintendent of Police, Rajan Adhikari, said.
Earlier, Melamchi bazaar was devastated by the flood on June 15. Even the structures where the flood caused depositions of mud and other materials were swept away by last night's disaster. The structures were however vacant since the June 15 disaster.
The river has washed away the Rato Bridge at Chanaute. According to local resident Hasta Pandit, the bridge collapsed at 7:45 this morning. The bridge was the only way connecting Melamchi-7 and 8, Panchpokhari 1 and 2 and many wards of Helambu. With the collapse of the bridge, traffic in the area has been closed.
The floods have also washed away a suspension bridge at Gyalthum. According to Rajan Adhikari, Superintendent of Police, District Police Office, Sindhupalchowk, Gyalthum bazaar is also at risk due to rising water level in the river.
The river has changed its regular course and swept away the kitchen of Talamarang Police Beat. Helambu Rural Municipality Chair Nima Gyaljen said no bridges above the Melamchi bazaar were left by the flood.
No vehicle could reach Helambu from Melamchi as the landslides have hit the Helambu Highway at different points, Melamchi Mayor Dambar Aryal said.
KATHMANDU, Aug 1: The flooded Melamchi river has washed away the red bridge over the river in Chanaute. According to local resident Hasta Pandit, the bridge collapsed at 7:45 on Sunday morning.
The bridge was the only way connecting Melamchi-7 and 8, Panchpokhari 1 and 2 and many wards of Helambu. With the collapse of the bridge, connection to those places has been cut off.
The floods have also washed away a suspension bridge in Gyalthum. According to Rajan Adhikari, Superintendent of Police, District Police Office, Sindhupalchowk, Gyalthum Bazaar is also at risk due to rising water level in the river.
The administration has urged to remain vigilant considering the rising water levels in Melamchi inflicting further damage. Earlier, Nima Galgyen Sherpa, chairperson of Helambu Rural Municipality, had urged the people living in the coastal areas of Melamchi river to be vigilant saying that floods in Nakote river in Helambu could lead to flooding of the Melamchi river.
KATHMANDU, July 26: Flood survivors from Melamchi of Sindhupalchowk district today called on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, seeking the role of government in the prevention and management of possible disaster in the future.
They have demanded the government immediately construct an embankment to the river so that potential incidents of the river-based disasters could be avoided.
A delegation of the survivors led by Sagar Kumar Shrestha reached the Prime Minister's official residence, Baluwatar to apprise the Prime Minister of their issues.
The government has been urged to restore the river to its original course, to manage soil to mend the damaged houses and farm and to bring an economic package targeting those survivors who have lost homes, jobs and their business to the devastating flood that occurred in the second week of June.
Similarly, a demand has been put for waiving off interest of bank loans of traders affected by the flood .A short-term and long-term relief package has been sought for peasants, business community and students. More, the prompt management of a Bailey at Melamchi and Healmbu, discount on electricity tariff, implementation of a greater project for the reconstruction of the flood-hit areas, proper compensation to the bereaved families including jobs are other demands put forth by the delegation before the Prime Minister. After hearing from the delegation, Prime Minister Deuba said he was updated about the Melamchi flood and damages caused by it and was highly serious towards the demands.
Sindhupalchowk district is one of the districts largely affected by the 2015 April 25 earthquake. Helambu rural municipality, Melamchi municipality and Panch Pokhari Thangpaal rural municipality suffered wider implications of the flood occurred in the aftermath of the incessant rain in the night of June 15.
On June 15, a flood inundated the under-construction dam and water treatment plant of the Melamchi Water Supply Project. The details of damage in the headwork area are yet to be estimated.
Three foreigners--two Chinese and one Indian--have been found dead after being swept in a flood in Melamchi of the Sindhupalchok district on Wednesday and Friday.
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