RASUWA:- At least 18 people, including Nepali and Chinese nationals have gone missing in the flood-fed Lhende rivulet in Rasuwa along the Nepal-China border this morning.
Assistant Spokesperson of the Armed Police Force, Shailendra Thapa informed that 18 people including nine Nepali citizens among the workers in Customs yard of Rasuwagadhi border point, three police personnel serving at Timure Area Police Office, and six Chinese nationals have gone missing.
The flood has also swept away the Miteri (Friendship) Bridge linking Nepal and China.
It is informed that Lal Bahadur Shrestha, a 42-year-old Assistant inspector of police from Likhutamakoshi Gaipa-4 in Ramechhap, 24-year-old police constable Munna Thakur from Feta Gaipa-1 in Bara, and 23-year-old police constable Lokendra Bohora from Bungdal Municipality-9 in Bajhang are missing in the flood.
Six Chinese men have also been reported missing in the flood. Identities of the Chinese nationals are yet to be established.
Among other missing are Jipen Chaudhary, 36, Santosh Dait, 25-year-old, Buddhi Ram Tharu, 25, Lakshmi Narayan Tharu, 24 and Suresh Tharu, 30, from Bardiya, as well as Narendra Bik from Baglung, container driver Purwa Lama from Sindhupalchok, and Hilux pick-up driver Govinda Moktan and Lokman Tamang. (RSS)