The death toll from the floods and landslide in the various districts of west Nepal triggered by incessant rains has reached 39 so far, the state owned Radio Nepal reported on Wednesday.

"As many as eight persons in Achham district, 10 in Baitadi, nine in Mustang, three in Bardiya, two in Nawalparasi and seven in Banke district were killed and a dozen people were injured," the Radio reported quoting the Home Ministry's statement.

"The death toll might go up as some families in southern Terai region haven't yet come into contact," the statement said.

Meanwhile, 10 persons out of 52 who went missing from Gangapur village of Banke, some 400 km west of Kathmandu, have come into contact on Tuesday, according to The Himalayan Times daily newspaper. The condition of missing 20 from Mataiya village is yet to be known.

The English language daily reported that as many as 15,000 flood victims of Banke and 10,000 of Bardiya districts have been stranded in villages with no foods as the floods took away their all properties.

Most of the victims haven't had a meal or even water for the past three days and others are being compelled to drink dirty water, the daily reported quoting the victims.

Although the Nepali home minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula went to flood hit-areas to distribute water and beaten rice by helicopter on Tuesday, not even 20 per cent of the victims got food materials, the report said.

Up to 400 victims, who were rescued from Holiya village of Banke and taken to Jhora forests on Monday, have been compelled to stay in open with nothing to eat.

The victims of Bardiya district have been put up in 17 temporary camps at various places including a local Banglamukhi School, District Administration Office said.

Over 600 landslide victims of remote Khaptad and Devisthan villages of Accham district have been stranded at Dipayal town in far-west Nepal, some 550 km away from capital Kathmandu.

Source: Xinhua