Two houses damaged due to earthquake in Solukhumbu

Solukhumbu: 2 houses have been damaged at Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality and the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality due to an earthquake.

Police said, the two-storey stone-and-mud-walled house of Harka Bahadur Khattri (50 years old) at Deusa Luruwa, Thulung Dudhkoshi-7, suffered damage due to the tremor.

Similarly, the two-storey stone-and-mud-walled house of Aangima Sherpa at Helajung, Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality-5 was also damaged due to the earthquake on Tuesday mrorning.

Deputy Superintendent of Police, Dwarika Prasad Ghimire said police team has been dispatched to those places for assessing the damage. Chief District Officer Anoj Kumar Ghimire said all the apparatus, including the police, have been kept on standby for possible rescue and relief works.

Likewise, Sagarmatha National Park building develops cracks and the office building of Thame Post of the Sagarmatha National Park at Thametyang, Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality-5 has developed cracks due to the tremor.

Park Chief Conservation Officer Sushma Rana said the one-storey block made of stone has cracked. Two people had been staying in the house. Meanwhile, a house has collapsed due to the earthquake this morning at Kimathanka, Bhotkhola Rural Municipality-1 of Sankhuwasabha district.

The two-storey mud-and-stone house belonged to Tenchhebi Sherpa. It had tin roof, said Chief District Officer Binod Kumar Khadka.

The earthquake with its epicentre at Dinggye County of Xizang Autonomous Region, China jolted the eastern region of Nepal as well as the federal capital, Kathmandu. The 6.8-magnitude-earthquake occurred at 6.50 a.m. today.

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