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Man, daughter killed in Nepal canal collapse

From Kathmandu Post · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A man and his teenage daughter died when an irrigation canal embankment collapsed in Lamjung, Nepal, burying a grain storage shed.
  • The victims were trapped under debris early Tuesday morning and later died during treatment.
  • The man's wife and another daughter sustained injuries and are receiving medical care.

A man and his teenage daughter perished in Lamjung, Nepal, after an irrigation canal embankment collapsed, burying a grain storage shed where they were temporarily living. The incident occurred early Tuesday morning in Bhatbesi of Madhya Nepal Municipality-7.

Tik Bahadur BK, 59, and his 15-year-old daughter, Binita BK, were trapped when the canal, carrying water from the Chiti stream, gave way. They were buried under the debris of a two-storey mud-and-stone granary owned by Bishnu Datta Subedi.

The victims were rescued from the debris and rushed to Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences' Western Regional Hospital in Pokhara, where doctors pronounced Tik Bahadur and Binita dead during treatment at around 5:55am on Tuesday.

— Jitendra Kumar BasnetDeputy Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Basnet, chief of the District Police Office, Lamjung, provided details on the rescue and fatalities.

Tik Bahadur's wife, Sukamaya BK, 50, and another daughter, Asmita BK, 16, were injured. Police reported that Asmita sustained minor injuries, while Sukamaya's condition is moderate. Both are undergoing treatment at the Western Regional Hospital in Pokhara.

Police have launched an investigation into the collapse. The BK family had been living in the granary since November, working for the Subedi family through sharecropping and daily labor.

Asmita sustained minor injuries, while Sukamaya's condition is moderate.

— Jitendra Kumar BasnetDeputy Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Basnet described the condition of the injured family members.
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