Kathmandu: The ongoing monsoon season has brought significant disasters across Nepal, including landslides, floods, and casualties. The Koshi, Gandaki, and Lumbini provinces have experienced the most human loss this monsoon season.

In the one-month period from June 10 to July 11, a total of 88 people have died due to monsoon-related incidents, with Gandaki province suffering the most human losses at 25 casualties. Lumbini province recorded 23 deaths, while Koshi province reported 19 deaths, according to Nepal Police Spokesperson Deputy Inspector General of Police Dan Bahadur Karki.

The data provided by Nepal Police further reveals that one person died in Kathmandu Valley, four in Madhes Province, five in Bagmati Province, four in Karnali Province, and seven in Sudurpaschim Province. Additionally, 106 people have been injured across the country, and six people are still reported missing. The disasters have also led to the inundation of 176 houses and the displacement of 3,462 families.

In a tragic incident last night in Kaski district, nine people, including seven members of a single family, died in landslides. The landslide at Tallakot of Puranchaur in Pokhara Metropolitan City-19 claimed the lives of 47-year-old Kul Bahadur Pariyar, his 85-year-old mother Laxima, his wife Mana Kumari (43), their three daughters Radhika, Prashana, and Prava, and son-in-law Asmit Pariyar. The landslide occurred at 10:30 PM while they were at a family gathering.

In another incident, 18-year-old Anita Ojha and nine-year-old Pratik Subedi died after a landslide in Chainpur, Pokhara Metropolitan City-19. Eleven-year-old Anuska Ojha and 80-year-old Maiti Kumari Gurung are still missing in landslides in Pokhara and Madi Rural Municipality-11, respectively.

In Myagdi district, a couple, Tul Prasad Neupane and his spouse Bal Kumari Neupane, died after their house collapsed in a landslide at Takam village of Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality-7. Continuous rain has triggered landslides that have disrupted vehicular movement on the Prithvi Highway in Tanahun district, blocking the highway at several locations including Yampa in Bandipur Rural Municipality-5, Ghasikuwa in Vyas Municipality-12, and Mauriodar in Myagde Rural Municipality-6. Efforts are underway to clear the debris with support from the construction company of the Mugling-Pokhara Road Project.

Additionally, 40 houses in Tallo Simaltar, Vyas Municipality-4, were inundated after the swollen Buldikhola (river) entered the human settlement.