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The landslide triggered by incessant rainfall last week has caused damage worth more than one billion rupees to the Melamchi Water Supply Project structures.
Other structures of the project except the main structures – the tunnel and headwork – have been damaged while the shelters for the project staff and the construction materials have been washed away.
The project technicians have not been able to reach Ambathan till date, Project Information Officer Rajendra Prasad Panta said.
Although a team of the project including Divisional Engineer had set out for Ambathan on Tuesday to make an assessment of the damage, it has not been able to reach there. It is difficult to reach to Ambathan as a bridge over the Melamchi River and the road to Ambathan has been swept away.
"According to preliminary estimates, the rest of the structures except the tunnel and headwork have suffered much damage," Panta said. He added that sand, aggregates and other construction materials kept at the construction site as well as the storage structure have all been washed away by the flooded Melamchi stream.
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