18 bodies recovered following Sindhupalchowk landslide

Two more bodies were recovered from the site of the landslide that buried many houses in Lidi of Jugal rural municipality-2 in Sindhupalchowk. With this, the casualty in the Friday morning landslide has now reached 18.

Eleven bodies had been retrieved the same morning, while seven were found on Saturday, according to District Police Office Spokesperson Madhav Prasad Kafley. On Saturday, the bodies of locals Mekmai Dong, 37, Man Bahadur Dong, 30, Maila Parang Dong, 16, Laxmi Dong, 11, Chyama Dong, 11, Bimala Dong, 11 and seven-months-old Kabir Dong were recovered from the landslide debris.