The death toll from widespread flooding and landslides in Nepal today climbed to 115 with nearly 40 people still unaccounted for and over six million affected by incessant rainfall across the Himalayan country. More than 2,800 houses have been completely destroyed.<br/><br/>Normal life in parts of Nepal has been hit and a large number of people have been displaced due to flooding and landslides. Home Ministry sources said, authorities recovered seven bodies from the no man's land near the flood-hit Biratnagar-Jogbani border with India today.<br/><br/>Home ministry spokesman Ram Krishna Subedi said in Kathmandu that a committee has been formed under Home Minister Janardan Sharma to ascertain the extent of the loss. The ministry said that the Nepal government has accelerated rescue and relief operations. The Indian embassy said, the 35 Indians stranded there have been rescued. <br/><br/>The flood triggered by the monsoon rain, a yearly feature, has affected 27 districts across Nepal.The Rapti river has flooded human settlements and hotels popular with tourists in the central Chitwan Valley. Many people, inluding foreigners, had been stranded in Sauraha, a part of the Chitwan National Park.

The death toll from widespread flooding and landslides in Nepal today climbed to 115 with nearly 40 people still unaccounted for and over six million affected by incessant rainfall across the Himalayan country. More than 2,800 houses have been completely destroyed.<br/><br/>Normal life in parts of Nepal has been hit and a large number of people have been displaced due to flooding and landslides. Home Ministry sources said, authorities recovered seven bodies from the no man's land near the flood-hit Biratnagar-Jogbani border with India today.<br/><br/>Home ministry spokesman Ram Krishna Subedi said in Kathmandu that a committee has been formed under Home Minister Janardan Sharma to ascertain the extent of the loss. The ministry said that the Nepal government has accelerated rescue and relief operations. The Indian embassy said, the 35 Indians stranded there have been rescued. <br/><br/>The flood triggered by the monsoon rain, a yearly feature, has affected 27 districts across Nepal.The Rapti river has flooded human settlements and hotels popular with tourists in the central Chitwan Valley. Many people, inluding foreigners, had been stranded in Sauraha, a part of the Chitwan National Park.