Eleven people were killed in several places on Tuesday in landslides caused by continued rainfall in the past few days. Three died in Gorkha district, the epicentre of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake last year.

Eight people were killed in Rajbara and Punja villages in Phyuthan district after a landslide buried two houses while the victims were sleeping on Tuesday morning. Five members of a family were killed when the rain-triggered landslide buried the house belonging to Durga Malla.

Malla and his wife, along with three children, were crushed when the house they were sleeping in collapsed after being hit by the landslide at around 2:45am on Tuesday morning, according to Ranjit Singh Rathore, the Gorkha district police chief.

In Pyuthan, three family members were killed after the landslide hit the house they were sleeping in at Punja-3.

Hom Bahadur Sunar, 65, his wife Satya Devi Sunar and six-year-old granddaughter Sima Sunar died in the disaster on Tuesday morning. Another family of three escaped the disaster in the same area with minor injuries.

The Pyuthan District Disaster Relief Committee released Rs5000 for each of the deceased for the funeral.  “We have decided to provide Rs40,000 for each of the dead in compensation on Wednesday,” said Janak Raj Pant, the committee coordinator. Floods swept away three suspension bridges and a micro hydroelectricity project in Arkha, Pyuthan.

In another incident early Tuesday morning, three locals from Kerauja in Gorkha, who were repairing road sections damaged by landslides, were hit by a fresh mudslide.

They died on the spot, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Birendra Thapa. Three workers were pulled out alive from the debris and taken to the local Machikhola Health Centre for primary care before they were flown to Kathmandu later in the day.

According to police, Sandip Ghale, 15, Chinmaya Gurung, 30, and Kanchhi Maya Gurung, 45, died in the disaster, while Punge Gurung, 40, Ukal Gurung and Sukaram Ghale, 12, are receiving treatment in Kathmandu. The condition of Sukaram Ghale is said to be critical, according to Thapa. Last week, landslides triggered by monsoon rains displaced over 100 families in Kerauja village.