Following two days of intense rain, which caused landslides and floods throughout the Himalayan nation, 151 people were murdered and 56 were reported missing on Sunday. As a result, Nepal closed its schools for three days.
With 37 casualties reported in the Kathmandu valley, the region’s metropolis and home to 4 million people, the floods stopped all traffic and regular activities.
Authorities claimed that while university and school buildings destroyed by the rains needed to be repaired, parents and students faced challenges.
Lakshmi Bhattarai, an education ministry official, told Reuters that “we have urged the concerned authorities to close schools in the affected areas for three days.”
Rainfall of up to 322.2 mm (12.7 inches) was recorded in several areas of the capital, experts claimed, raising the main Bagmati river’s level by 2.2 m (7 ft) above the danger zone.
However, according to Govinda Jha, a capital weather forecaster, Sunday morning saw some relief as the rains subsided in numerous areas. He stated that although major rains are unlikely, there might be a few scattered showers.
On TV, police rescuers wearing rubber boots up to their knees were seen removing muck with picks and shovels to remove the 16 remains of passengers who had been washed from two buses that had been swept away by a big landslide at a location on a major highway into Kathmandu.
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