Trishuli (Nuwakot), September 2 Schools affected by flooding in the Trishuli Riv

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Trishuli (Nuwakot), September 2 Schools affected by flooding in the Trishuli River following the Bhotekoshi flash flood have been closed indefinitely in Nuwakot district. All schools in the worst-hit areas of Bidur Municipality and Kispang Rural Municipality have remained closed, while it remains uncertain when teaching and learning activities will resume in other flood-affected areas. Bidur Mayor Rajan Shrestha said there are no immediate plans to reopen schools as students, teachers and parents are missing, while school buildings, roads and bridges have been damaged by the floods. He said schools would be reopened only after daily life returns to some extent of normalcy and people can safely cross the rivers. Education Section Chief of the municipality Nabraj Sapkota said the scale of the damage caused by the floods was far greater than anticipated, despite prior information about the approaching disaster. However, some schools managed to avert major incidents by taking precautionary measures, he said. “The current situation is not normal, and daily life has been disrupted.