Kathmandu, August 01: At least eight people died on Saturday after the outbreak of diarrhoea in several districts of western Nepal raising the death toll to 16 over the weekend due to the outbreak of disease and natural calamities in the area.
Eight people have on Saturday died after the outbreak of diarrhoea in Jajarkot, Rukum, Kalikot and Dailekh districts in western Nepal, the officials said. In Jajorkot and Ruku were the worst hit districts by the disease.
Five people have died in Syangja and three in Tanahun districts of western Nepal yesterday due to flood and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains, officials said.
Some 18 villages have been inundated in Rautahat district in southern Nepal due to the monsoon rain.
–Agencies