Baglung, September 28, 2026 — A 55-year-old man died after falling from a riverbank while observing erosion caused by the rising Kali Gandaki River in Baglung on Sunday evening.
Chitra Gotame of Odharchaur in Baglung Municipality-4 fell from an embankment while he had gone to observe riverbank erosion in the Dhodeni area of Baglung Municipality-4 and Farse village in Jaljala, Parbat, according to police.
Baglung District Police Office Superintendent of Police Fadindra Prasai confirmed the incident.
Meanwhile, 10 people have died and one person remains missing in Baglung following landslides and other incidents triggered by continuous rainfall over the past two days.
Nine people died in landslides and an accident on Sunday alone, while one person had died in a landslide on Saturday.
According to SP Prasai, four people died in a landslide in Taman Khola Rural Municipality on Sunday, while one person remains missing. Five others died in a landslide in Nisi Khola Rural Municipality.
Heavy rain triggered floods and landslides across Gandaki, killing 18 people and damaging homes, roads, bridges, power and communication infrastructure in several districts.
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