July 08, Palpa.
One person has died and a child has gone missing after a landslide swept away six houses in Tinau Gaonpalika-5 of Palpa district. Seven people have been injured in the incident.
According to police, Bir Bahadur Gurung, 45, of Tinau-5 has died in a landslide and his four-year-old son has gone missing.
However, SP Santosh Kumar Bhattarai said that the police team could not reach the spot as the road to the site was blocked. "A police team has been dispatched on foot but our team has not been able to reach the spot due to landslides," said Bhattarai. "One person has been killed and one child has gone missing."
Locals said that the houses of Nara Bahadur Rana, Akash Tamang, Hari Darlami, Bir Bahadur Gurung and Ramesh Pariyar were buried in the landslide.
According to the police, the road has been blocked by landslides in Siddhababa, Jhumsa, Kalimati and other places.
