SUNSARI : Flooding due to Koshi Barrage Collapse (19 Aug. 2008)

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Barahachhetra Beltar On August 18th the Koshi River broke through an eastern retaining Bashaha wall roughly 10 Km north of the East West Highway. The waters have floodedThoksila significant portions of the following VDCs of : Haripur, Shripur, Laukihi, Paschhim Kushaha. Ghuski, NarshingDharanN.P. and Udayapur Madhuwan VDCs are also affected, but to a lesserBharaul extent. The East Tapeswori West Highway is currently impassable due to flood waters at the

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26°45'0"N network is down in the Eastern Region. It is estimated that 15,000 Map Locator people are displacedMahendranagar due to the flooding. 050 100 200 300 Kilometers Bakalauri Fatepur Koshi Tappu Wildlife

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