Kathmandu, 2 August: A bridge and seventeen houses in Helambu and Melamchi of Sindhupalchowk have been washed away by the flooded Melamchi River. The river has washed away the Rato Bridge at Chanaute, according to the District Police Office. Earlier, Melamchi bazaar was devastated by the flood on June 15.
The bridge was the only way connecting Melamchi-7 and 8, Panchpokhari 1 and 2 and many wards of Helambu. With the collapse of the bridge, traffic in the area has been closed. The floods have also washed away a suspension bridge at Gyalthum. The river has changed its regular course and swept away some parts of Talamarang Police post, sharaed Helambu Rural Municipality Chair Nima Gyaljen. “Now there are no more bridges above the Melamchi bazaar,” he is quoted as saying in media.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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