Jaleshwar. The recent floods of the Red River have damaged the embankment amounting to Rs 150 million. A total of 1,610 metres of embankments constructed on both sides of the river suffered damages.

According to Suresh Mandal, an engineer at the Janakpur-based Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project Office, the red river has breached embankments of 70 and 80 meters at two places of Banchauri and 150 meters at Damhi on both sides of Loharpatti. The district headquarters was inundated after the river breached the embankment.

The floods have displaced 1,500 families of Jaleshwor and affected the residents of Ekdara, Mahottari Rural Municipality, Pipara Rural Municipality, Matihani Municipality, Balawa Municipality, 10 municipalities and five rural municipalities.