LAHAN, July 21 -- The incessant rain in Saptari district has caused floods in Jeeta River. The swollen river has seriously affected the Tilathi Koiladi Rural Municipality, waterlogging over 300 houses.

The flood has affected multiple settlements across the municipality including Labtoliya, Goriyari, Teliyahi, Jatitole and Topa.

Cooking utensils, food grains, clothes, blankets, and firewood belonging to the locals were swept away or damaged by the flood and over 300 families have been displaced. Raghu Mukhiya, one of the victims of the flood, expressed his sadness of witnessing their children not being able to sleep on empty stomachs. "The elders can manage with an empty stomach, but the children can't," Mukhiya said. The disaster has se...