Mahakali River sweeps away entire settlement area, Nepal

Water is an essential part of human life to survive. there are different sources of water found on earth .Very less water can be used in this earth despite the huge natural resources. But what happens when one of the water resources is neglected causing a great flood in the city where it  flows?

MAHENDRANAGAR, June 17: 

After three days of incessant rain, the swollen Mahakali River has swept away a Dalit settlement area in the Darchula district headquarters of Khalanga.

The flood has put at risk the bridge over the river joining Nepal and India. With the water level touching the bridge, its operation has been temporarily stopped. 

The raging flood is continuing to sweep away houses and government buildings. Likewise, several other houses built on the river bank from Bagabagad to Galfai are in peril due to the flood described as the biggest in the river in decades. “It is hard to say altogether how many houses were swept away,” Joshi said. “This is the biggest flood in the river I have seen in 30 years,” Joshi added. Police, army and locals have been working since Sunday night to rescue the stranded people to safety. 

Meanwhile, a woman perished in the river Monday morning. Saraswati Raikhola, 30, of Dhap-5 was swept away by the river when she went to the river bank near her house to have a view of the swollen river. A search for the missing woman is underway, the Darchula district police office said. 

With rains continually falling in hilly districts, the water flow in the river has suddenly risen in Kanchanpur. The water flow was recorded at 161,278 cusec on Monday at 6 am, up from 122,000 cusec measured Sunday night. Twenty-three people along with their vehicles were trapped in an island in the middle of the river. They had gone there to fetch pebbles and sands. Of them, nine have been rescued. Personnel from Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force are finding it hard to rescue them due to an increasing flow of water in the river. 
Five missing, over 50 houses swept away in western Nepal
At least five people were missing and 65 families rendered homeless after floods and landslides, triggered by incessant rainfall over three days, hit the remote far western part of Nepal, officials said on Monday. 

Normal life was hit in some districts of the region after the swollen Mahakali river (known as Sharda in India) inundated homes, as well as sweeping away habitations and government offices and a hospital. 

The worst hit was Khalanga, the headquarter of Darchula district, bordering India, where the swollen Mahakali swept away 53 houses including five government offices on Monday afternoon, said officials. 

After the river created havoc in Darchula and other adjoining districts, the Nepali side had requested Indian authorities to release water from the barrage, said Darchula's District Natural Disaster Chief Ram Hari Sharma. "The spill over is likely to cause havoc on the Indian side, therefore, they are also maintaining caution," he said. 

people watching the flood take over their place and houses

This is a great pain to hear and know but whose fault is it that the flood destroyed many lives.Though there are being rescue missions and everything that can be done, were there no precautions holded ? were people not aware that being near a bank of swollen river can cause different calamities?

army personnel's rescuing people in a very risky way

 location  for mahendranagar