Update: Death toll in Parbat landslide reaches 10, one missing

KATHMANDU, September 3: The number of people dying due to a landslide triggered by an incessant rainfall in Parbat district has reached 10.

Due to the incessant rainfall, a house in Kusma Municipality-3 owned by Madhav Sharma collapsed and killed five people. The deceased have been identified as Kaushila Poudel, 75, Bagwati, 35, Bimala, 16, Binita, 11, and Binod Poudel, 11, according to Inspector Rajendra Adhikari, Information Office at the District Police Office, Parbat.

Likewise, Fulmaya Thapa was also killed in a landslide that occured at Ambot of Modi-5 in the same district. Similarly, Maya Kumari Poudel and her three years old son were among those killed in a landslide at Pakuwa of Kusma-11. Also, Delhi Padya Poudel, mother-in-law of Maya Kumari, is still at large.

And, a landslide that occurred at Silmi of Kusma-11 killed Durga Poudel, 38, and her son, Ganesh, 6, according to Inspector Adhikari.