Flood caused by incessant rainfall for the past three days has inundated dozens of villages in Rautahat district.

The rise in water level due to continuous rain has submerged Gaur Bazar, Banjaraha, Aauriya, Bankul, BelBechawa, Badharwa and Gadho villages, according to Rautahat District Police.

The water level in Bagmati, Bakaiya, Jhangh and other rivulets are increasing posing risk to the villages near the embankment area.

The district police have issued alert to the locals living in the river banks to move to the higher ground to avoid human damages and casualties.

Meanwhile, Flood Forecasting Section of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has issued flood bulletin predicting the rise of water levels in various rivers and their tributaries causing inundation in eastern Tarai region.

Various flood centers set at Bagmati River, Rai Gaun, Pandhera Confluence, Kamala River, Ranibas and Titariya have predicted the water level to rise above warning level by late afternoon.

Similarly, Lalbakaiya, Ratu, Khado, Gagan, Triyuga, Budhikhola, Sunsari Khola, Pathari Khola, Letang Khola, Ratuwa, Mawa, Biring, Ninda and Mechi River will remain above the warning level today, according to the FFS.

Also, Saptakoshi, Tamor, Dudhkoshi and Sunkoshi will rise above the warning level tonight.

Ministry of Home Affairs’ National Emergency Operation Centre has also issued alert on the possible inundation and warned the people living on the banks of Bagmati River to stay alert.

Photo: Rautahat Express

RAUTAHAT, Dec 9: Rastirya Janata Party Nepal’s Anil Kumar Jha has secured his victory in federal parliament from Rautahat constituency-1. Jha garnered 21,085 votes to defeat his immediate rival Krishna Prasad Yadav of Nepali Congress, who got 15,484 votes. Rautahat has four constituencies.

RAUTAHAT, Oct 1: Four serial killings took place in Rautahat, a district in the south plain, since the third phase of local-level elections held on September 18.

Four people have been killed in the past 12 days. The latest victim is a three-year-old girl who was killed in a clash occurred between the two neighbors on Saturday night.

A dispute between two neighbors–families of Hulas Ray Yadav and Krishna Chaudhary– over the matter of drinking water later took a nasty turn as the issue was given a political color on the basis of political connection of both families to different political parties. The Yadav family is reportedly close to the Nepali Congress while the Chaudhary family is said to be the supporter of CPN (UML).

Yadav’s three-year-old daughter Anjali Kumari was killed in the scuffle, Area Police Office, Garuda Police Inspector Keshab Regmi said. Police have arrested some people in the connection with their involvement in the crime and investigations into the case are underway.

It may be noted that three persons were already murdered in the district since the September 18 elections. Sawmill proprietor Birendra Saha, 45, of Balchanpur Baradewa of Chandrapur Municipality-10 was found dead in the morning of September 29 with serious head injuries resulted in from attacks by a sharp-edged weapon.

Prior to this, Swayawa Akbar of Paroha Municipality and Ram Pukar Yadav of Katahariya Municipality were killed by unidentified groups. Akbar is the son of a Nepali Congress candidate (defeated) for a ward chair while Yadav was the cadre of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal.

These days, growing tensions due to apparent political animosity between two sides loosing and winning the elections has been a major security threat in the district. At some levels, cadres of the political party/ies winning the elections have become over-excited while cadres of those loosing the elections grew frustrated, District Police Chief Superintendent of Police Yagya Binod Pokhrel said. RSS

KATHMANDU, Aug 6: The bereaved family and relatives of the four girls, who drowned in open pits that were dug up for road construction, have exhibited the dead bodies at Gaur Chupur along Birendra Highway road section as protest against the gross negligence of  road authorities and contractors.

The four girls, Sunaina Kumari aged 9, Sangeeta Kumari aged 12, Sunita Kumari aged 9 and Susmita Kumari aged 9, drowned in Garuda Municipality-4, Rautahat district on Saturday when they jumped into an open road pit that was consequently abandoned without filling.

Due to the pouring rainfall that occurred for the past four days, the pits alongside the under-construction road section from Garuda to Pani Thaki were filled up with water.

The girls were had stopped there to take a bath because of the heat while returning from a local forest after collecting fodder when the incident occurred.

The families of the deceased have accused the authorities concerned of doing negligence that claimed lives of their loved ones and have asked for compensation and strict action against the contractors.

The road construction contract was taken by Durga Construction Company in May. Area Police Gaurda have taken Prahalad Shah, proprieter of the company into custody for investigation. However, Shah has rejected any blame. Further investigation over the incident is being carried out, according to the local police.