Gorkha, July 29 : A search of those missing in a landslide occurred at Dharche rural municipality-5, Singla of northern Gorkha district on Sunday has begun since this morning.
Deputy Superintendent of Police
(DSP) at the District Police Office, Ramesh Kumar Shrestha shared that the
search for the five persons who went missing in the landslide has been
continued today when there was no progress in the search operation throughout
the day on Sunday.
He said the Nepal Police, Nepal
Army, Armed Police Force and locals have joined hands to search for the missing
persons. "They are facing difficulty to find out the status of those
missing as many houses and agricultural farms were buried in the
landslide," he said. JCV machines have been used to search for the
missing.
Jeet Bahadur Gurung along with
Kanchi Gurung, 35, Sulal Kancha Gurung, 60, Ramesh Gurung, 33, and Ramesh
Pariyar, 24, went missing after a landslide occurred since Sunday night had
swept away the agricultural farm and a house of Jit Bahadur Gurung, a
local.
It is believed that the landslide
reaching to the Budhigandaki River might have washed them away.
DSP Shrestha said that the police
have started searching for the missing people in the vicinity of Budhigandaki
river from today. (RSS)