KATHMANDU, Oct 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – As many as 224 people were confirmed dead in Nepal, by last night, and properties worth over 17 billion Nepali rupees (127 million U.S. dollars) were damaged in recent floods and landslides.
A total of 158 people were injured and 24 others remained missing, said the government’s Chief Secretary, Ek Narayan Aryal.
Addressing a press meeting, Aryal said that, 30,700 security personnel had been mobilised for the search and rescue operations.
The search and rescue efforts would end in two days, Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli said, at the press meeting, adding, over 4,000 victims had been rescued.
Oli acknowledged that, the government had not anticipated such widespread devastation by the disasters, spelt by continuous monsoon rains on Friday and Saturday.
A three-day national mourning started yesterday, with national flags lowered at half-mast.– NNN-XINHUA
