"Kudos to the Kurung Kumey district police for their exceptional humanitarian service! During the recent landslides and road cuts, they ensured essential supplies reached affected villages like Chaching, Sarli, Palo, Raktepu, and more," Khandu said in a post on 'X'.
Tanakpur Champawat National Highway in Uttarakhand's Champawat district has been blocked due to debris triggered by a landslide, following intermittent rainfall.
The government has taken this matter seriously and has directed the district administration to provide immediate compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the deceased, Karnataka Minister Krishna Byre Gowda informed the assembly on Tuesday.
Following the disruption of traffic on NH 75 in Karnataka due to parts of the road being washed away by mudslides following heavy rains, Deputy Divisional Officer Sakleshpura Shruti, informed that nodal officers have been appointed to oversee the areas prone to landslides.
Nepal has formally requested India's assistance in locating the two buses and over five dozen passengers swept away in the landslide in Central Nepal earlier on Friday morning.
The vehicle movement on the National Highway has been stopped for an indefinite period as restoration work is underway following the landslide triggered by incessant rain.
Earlier on Saturday afternoon, the body of an Indian national identified as Hrishipal Sah was recovered from Golaghat in Chitwan, approximately 50 kilometres downstream from where the vehicles were swept into the river by the landslide.
Search teams and rescue personnel from the Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and the Nepal Police started their search in the Trishuli River alongside the Mugling- Narayangadh road section from Saturday morning.
Search and rescue operation has been launched in the Narayangarh-Muglin section of Madan-Ashrit highway in central Nepal after landslide swept two passenger bus earlier on Friday morning