Congress general secretary in-charge of organisation K C Venugopal said the scale of destruction caused by the floods was unprecedented and called for relief efforts to focus on saving as many lives as possible

Police said the remains were recovered from riverbanks across several downstream districts along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river systems. The affected districts include Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Chitwan, Gorkha, Tanahu, Nawalparasi East and Nawalparasi West