Five people trapped by flash flood in Roshi River rescued

By Kedar Timilsina, Banepa, June 20: Five people trapped by a flash flood in Roshi River on Thursday night have been rescued. 

The incident took place at Laskot in Namobuddha Municipality-5, where the sudden rise in the river stranded five people along with a JCB excavator and a tipper truck in the river’s middle.

Upon receiving information that the individuals were trapped, a rescue team led Deputy Superintendent of Police Min Bahadur Ghale of the District Police Office Kavrepalanchok, Armed Police Force, along with a team of Armed Police Force (APF) and the Nepal Army, carried out a successful rescue mission, according to the district police.

Among those rescued were Sagar Rai, a laborer from Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality-4, Okhaldhunga, Muskan Tamang, a tipper driver from Namobuddha Municipality-5, and Sanjay Lama, a construction entrepreneur from Temal Rural Municipality-5.

Similarly, tipper driver Ramon Tamang of Temal Rural Municipality-9 and JCB driver Samir Tamang of Bhimeshwor Municipalit y-9 of Dolakha district have been rescued, according to the police.