A sub-engineer was killed in a landslide that occurred at a road construction site in Rumaili, Talkot Rural Municipality in Bajhang district on Monday.

Engineer Durga Prasad of the Chainpur Taklakot Road Office informed that sub-engineer Narayan Dahal, who was at the construction site of Ruwatola-Dhuli road of Chainpur-Taklakot road section along the Seti Lokmarga, was at his camp when the landslide occurred and swept him some 100 metres down the road.

Dahal, an employee of Chandra Nagarjun Baniya JV Construction Pvt Ltd, was died on the spot following the incident.

The landslide occurred at around 11am this morning and has swept away the camp where the workers stayed as well. There were no other human casualties as other workers were not at the camp when the landslide occurred.