Flood affects over 1,000 houses in Sunsari

Inaruwa (Sunsari), Oct 7: More than 1,000 houses were affected from flood occurred with incessant rainfall on Saturday and Sunday in Sunsari district. 

Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Keshav Thebe, shared that the flood had affected 1,370 houses at Inaruwa, Dharan, Itahari, Barahakshetra, Duhabi, Ramdhuni, Inaruwa, Gadhi, Barju, Koshi, Bhokraha, Harinagar and Dewangunj. 

Total 5,474 people were directly affected from floods at different streams and rivers in the district and the houses were partly damaged by flood, he added. 

Teams of security personnel had rescued 344 people trapped in flood, it was shared. Two hundred families of Inaruwa were displaced due to flood and dozens of settlements at Inaruwa municipality-3, 4, 9 and 10 were inundated.  

Rain and wind damage maize crop 

The rain and storm that lashed the district last Saturday caused significant damage to the maize crop in various places here.

The standing maize crop was damaged in areas including Bhokraha, Harinagar, and the district headquarters, Inaruwa.

Farmers who have been cultivating other crops along with commercial banana farming in the district are facing significant losses due to natural disasters. 

Neelkamal Singh, head of the Agricultural Knowledge Centre in Sunsari, said banana is cultivated on 530 hectares in Sunsari district this year. Singh stated that details of the damage to the agricultural sector caused by the floods are being collected. (RSS)