Triveni, Oct 8 (RSS):As many as 144 families have been displaced after their settlements were waterlogged due to flood following the incessant rainfall for four days. The 144 families from four local levels of Nawalparasi Purba—Gaindakot and Madyabindu municipalities and Hupsekot and Binayi Tribeni rural municipalities were displaced due to flood. Information Officer at District Police Office, Nawalparasi Purba, Santosh Pathak, said 80 families of Gaindakot Municipality, 20 of Mandybindu Municipality, 28 of Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality and 16 of Hupsekot Rural Municipality were displaced. The displaced families have been taking shelter at campus, school building, public building and open space of forest area. Pathak shared that the families affected from inundation were shifted to nearby safer places for the time being and they would be rehabilitated at the coordination of stakeholders including local level. The incessant rainfall has not only displaced families, but also damaged roadways. Transport connection of hilly areas of Nawalpur with the district headquarters has been broken due to landslide occurred at different places. Connectivity between two local levels—Baudikali and Bulingtar rural municipalities has been completely disrupted and there is no situation to operate transport service at hilly areas of Hupsekot, Madhyabindu and Binayi Tribeni. Information Officer Pathak added that landslide occurred at different places of Kaligandaki corridor area in the district. Though human casualty was not reported in the district, paddy planted in around 150 bighas of land at Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality-9 was destroyed. Some of the places have been facing drinking water problem after the incessant rains polluted water source, according to Pathak. —