Flood affects over 1,000 houses in Sunsari
INARUWA, SUNSARI: More than 1,000 houses were affected by floods following incessant rainfall on Saturday and Sunday in Sunsari district.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Keshav Thebe at the District Police Office said the floods had affected 1,370 houses in Inaruwa, Dharan, Itahari, Barahakshetra, Duhabi, Ramdhuni, Gadhi, Barju, Koshi, Bhokraha, Harinagar and Dewangunj.
A total of 5,474 people were directly affected by floods at different streams and rivers in the district, and the houses were partly damaged by the floods, he added.
Teams of security personnel had rescued 344 people trapped in the floods, it was shared. Two hundred families in Inaruwa were displaced due to the floods, and dozens of settlements in Inaruwa Municipality’s wards 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 Agricultural Knowledge Centre in Sunsari, said banana is cultivated on 530 hectares in Sunsari district this year. He said the details of damage to the agricultural sector caused by the floods are being collected.
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