Kathmandu, August 3
Eight persons have gone missing in Melamchi of Sindhupalchok in central Nepal in the wee hours of Monday.
Nine workers deployed in constructing a covered hall in Melamchi municipality-11 were buried in the landslide at around 2 am today. However, police rescued one person alive at around 6. Though the police had launched the rescue mission at around 3, it took them three hours to rescue one.
SP Prajwal Maharjan, the chief of the District Police Office, says the rescued worker is an Indian national and has been sent to a local primary health centre for treatment.
Personnel of Nepal Police, Nepal Army, and Armed Police Force have continued the search for the eight others.
Meanwhile, 20 persons who disappeared in floods in Bhotekoshi, Bulkute, and Thado rivers of the district last month have not been found yet.
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