Kanchanpur, Aug. 23: The cloudburst occurred in Kanchanpur district on July 7 caused damages to the property worth Rs 1.57 billion, the District Administration Office said.
The Office stated that physical
infrastructure, crops, industries, livestock and other properties witnessed
severe damage from the cloudburst-triggered flooding.
Acting Chief District Officer
Parshuram Pokharel said the offices in the district have reported total damages
worth Rs 1.57 billion from the flood and inundation caused by the cloudburst.
It is said that the offices in the district carried out an assessment of the
loss and damage.
The agriculture sector, the most impacted area by the cloudburst, witnessed more than Rs 654 million in loss.
Likewise, the Mahakali Irrigation
Management Office said it recorded a loss of Rs 292.2 million while the Road
Division Office lost the property of almost Rs 40 million.
Similarly, the Infrastructure
Development Office recorded Rs 72 million in damage.
Several other offices also reported
the loss while private properties were also destroyed in the flood and
inundation.
Four people were killed in the
disasters in the district.
A study by the Department of
Hydrology and Meteorology had termed that phenomenon 'Terai Cloudburst' and
stated that the downpour was due to the combination of monsoon in the upper,
middle, and lower atmosphere in the area and the low-pressure system developed
in the Westerly wind.
Plain lands of Kanchanpur were
inundated while the swelling of various rivulets caused damages due to the
extreme rainfall.
Around 85 square kilometers of
agricultural land as well as around 14,000 physical structures were
affected. (RSS)