Heavy rains-triggered landslide, river erosion result in massive loss in Melamchi: Report (Video)

Kathmandu- Melamchi Bazaar and adjoining areas in Sindhupalchowk district suffered a massive loss due to heavy rains that resulted in landslides and rampant river erosion. 
A team of experts from the Department of Mines and Geology was send for a study in the Melmachi Bazaar which was hit by the devastating floods on June 15 and July 31.

The team comprising Department’s senior divisional geologist Shiva Kumar Baskota and geologist Gautam Prasad Khanal had been in Melamchi and Helambu area from August 6 to 19 to find out the cause (s) of the disaster there. 

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