Chandika Was Found Alive on the Eleventh Day
Rescuers found Chandika Shrestha alive in Betrawati on the eleventh day after the flood and brought her out for medical care.
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In Betrawati, Nuwakot, rescuers reached a woman inside a house buried by flood debris. Her name is Chandika Shrestha.
It was 5 September 2026, the eleventh day after the flood. Chandika was on an upper floor of the four-storey house when the rescue team found her alive.
Members of Nepal's Armed Police Force brought her out. She was flown to Trishuli for initial treatment, then taken to the Army hospital in Chhauni, Kathmandu, for further care, according to Ratopati.
After so many days inside the damaged house, Chandika was finally out and receiving medical care.
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