Kathmandu, August 31
The death toll in a landslide in Nagma, Tilagupha municipality-1 of Kalikot, on Sunday afternoon has reached 10 as of Monday morning.
Two other persons have sustained injuries in the incident and they are undergoing treatment at Karnali Health Science Academy in Jumla.
Four of the victims are from the same family from Mungra, Shubhakalika rural municipality of the district. Prayag Shahi (36) would run a shop in Nagma. His three children and he died in the incident, informs Police Inspector Yagya Raj Joshi.
Likewise, three members of another family also died. Tek Bahadur Damai (3), his wife Chhaili (25), and their six-year-old son Gajendra died in the incident. One of the victims was a permanent resident of Birendranagar in Surkhet.
The landslide had buried three houses in Nagma.
Meanwhile, Kalikot Chief District Officer Chandra Prasad Gaire says he has assigned doctors to go the incident site itself for the postmortem of the victims.
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