Kathmandu. It is estimated that the flash flood might have occurred due to the bursting of the Budhigandaki River in Chumnubri Rural Municipality-6 of Gorkha district. <\/p>\n
This information was given by the Flood Forecasting Division of the Hydrology and Water Resources Research Center on Sunday. According to the Division, preliminary information about the flash flood in the Budhigandaki River was received at 6:00 am today. <\/p>\n
The rainfall data of the last 24 hours shows only sporadic rainfall at the incident site and the preliminary analysis shows that there is no possibility of flooding due to the immediate rainfall. <\/p>\n
Based on preliminary information and observation of satellite imagery, it has been speculated that the flood might have occurred due to the blockage of the river due to landslides. Detailed technical analysis is underway to ascertain the exact cause of the incident, the division said. According to the Division, the water level at the Budhigandaki-Arughat flood measurement center rose from 2.28 meters to 3.66 meters at 6:30 am. The alert level at the center is 4.50 meters. As soon as the flood information was received, the residents of Benighat via the coastal area were sent an SMS alert. At 7:50 a. m., the water level had risen to 5.01 meters, which is above the danger level of five meters.<\/p>\n
The water level which had receded after the incident again rose to 6.22 metres at 8.30 am and reached 8.43 metres at 8.40 am, the Division stated. <\/p>\n
In view of the risk of floods, an update was issued through Facebook Live at around 8:00 am and requested to evacuate the vulnerable settlements from the banks of the Budhigandaki River to Benighat and to close the movement on highways and corridors as per the need. Likewise, an appeal has been made to adopt high alertness up to Mugling and to take precaution in the potentially affected areas of Tanahun, Chitwan and Nawalparasi. <\/p>\n
The Division has sent a notification through SMS again at 9:25 am, urging the general public and stakeholders to go to safe places and stay in safe places until further notice. During this period, about two lakh SMS were disseminated. <\/p>\n
The Division has urged the people living along the banks of the Budhigandaki River and downstream banks to stay away from the river banks and risky settlements in safe places till Wednesday evening. People have been requested not to follow the directives of the local administration and security bodies as the water level in the river seems to have receded. The Division has stated that the conclusions drawn from the further technical analysis of the incident and updated information on the flood situation will be made public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kathmandu. It is estimated that the flash flood might have occurred due to the bursting of the Budhigandaki River in Chumnubri Rural Municipality-6 of Gorkha district. This information was given by the Flood Forecasting Division of the Hydrology and Water Resources Research Center on Sunday. According to the Division, preliminary information about the flash floodContinue reading “Preliminary speculation of flash flood in Budhigandaki river due to landslide”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":114158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-samachar-en"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/846505562_122236113476355476_93403754889581958_n_c11aa785.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114188,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114187\/revisions\/114188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media\/114158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}