August 14: Floods that occurred in Kagbeni of Baragung Muktichhetra Rrural Municipality-4 in Mustang district on Sunday evening swept away 10 houses, a police post and a bridge.    
The flood-fed Kag rivulet, that sneaked into the human settlement in Kagbeni, a popular religious site, at 8.00 pm last night caused damages to the physical infrastructures.    
Chairperson of Muktichhetra Rural municipality Rinjin Gurung shared that the flood took away 10 houses including hotels, a police post, an under-construction motorable bridge on Jomsom-Korala road, a trail bridge, two vehicles and three electricity poles.    
"Human loss was narrowly escaped due to timely evacuation of people after getting information about imminent flood. The flood took place after the Tiri rivulet above Kagbeni was blocked, resulting in a flash flood," he shared, adding, "It has buried houses in Kagbeni. Flood has put human settlement in a mess".    
Chief District Officer Anup KC said the Nepalese Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police along with the people's representatives are being mobilized in the field for rescue operation.    
The flood in the Panda stream has caused trouble to the security personnel to reach Kagbeni through Jomsom. The road leading to the Upper Mustang via Kagbeni has been obstructed.    
Mustang has witnessed incessant rain for the past couple of days. Water level has also increased in other rivulets of Mustang due to the incessant rain. -- RSS