Three people have died in floods that occurred in Gwarkhola River at Ghorahi-Tulsipur road section.

The deceased are 70-year-old Juddha Bahadur BK of Tulsipur-17, 67-year-old Rajima Pun Magar of Jhenam, Rolpa and 53-year old Jeet Bahadur Nepali of Tulsipur-18.

Nepali was travelling in a tractor (Ra 1 Ta 1142) on Thursday evening when the flood swept it. 

Two other had lost their lives in the flood few days earlier and their bodies were recovered on Friday, said Tulsipur chief DSP Krishna Prasai.

20-year-old Puran BK of Tulsipur-15 and 28-year-old Chartulal Chaudhary of Tulsipur-17 who were on-board the tractor have been injured. Four other people have been safely rescued, Prasai informed.