Over 1,300 houses have submerged in Sunsari due to incessant rainfall.

Floods, inundations, and landslides triggered by torrential rainfall have thrown life out of gear in the district.

DSP Yograj Khatiwada of the District Police Office, Sunsari, said that floods and landslides have caused damage in various places including Dharan, Itahari, Inaruwa, Barahachhetra, Ramdhuni and Bhokraha Narsingh in Sunsari.

According to him, roads have been obstructed in dozens of places.
Hundreds of locals have been evacuated to safer places.

The Dharan-Bhedetar road section of the Koshi Highway and the Dharan-20 Bishnupaduka-Sagurigadhi road section have been obstructed due to landslides.

Around 120 houses in Inaruwa Municipality-9 and 70 houses in Inaruwa Municipality-10 have been affected by the floods.

At least 300 houses have been submerged in the Jalpapur area alone, while residents of about 60 houses are taking shelter in their relatives’ houses.

Police Inspector Diwas Kunwar of the Area Police Office, Mahendranagar, said that about 160 houses in the Barahachhetra Municipality area have been inundated.

Around 300 houses have been submerged in Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality-5.

Police said that around 20 houses have been submerged in the Panchayan areas of Ramdhuni Municipality-6 and 7.

Likewise, 10 houses in Drum and Sukumbasi Tole of Itahari-5 have been inundated.