The death toll from house collapse incident in Nepal followed by subsequent tremors rose to nine on Wednesday, local police informed.
Chief District Officer of Doti, Kalpana Shrestha informed over the phone that five injured are being taken to the hospital. “Five injured are being taken to the hospital. Dozens of house has been damaged with landslides at various locations across the district,” she said.
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday expressed heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake.
“Expressing my heartfelt condolences to the families of those who died in the earthquake, which was centred in the Khaptad region of Far West. Also, I have instructed the relevant agencies to arrange immediate and proper treatment of the injured and the victims in the relief and rescue in the affected areas,” tweeted Deuba..As per the officials, among the deceased are one female and two children. However, the identities of casualties are yet to be ascertained
The Nepal Army has been mobilised in the affected areas to carry out the search and rescue operations, the officials said.
Earlier local officials had informed that at least three people were confirmed dead after a house collapsed in the Doti district of Nepal, which underwent two earthquakes and an aftershock within a duration of 24 hours.