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The Spokesperson of Nepal Police, Dan Bahadur Karki, said that 12 persons from Kathmandu district and 24 from Lalitpur district were rescued from the flood-induced disasters in the city. 

Karki shared that 11 persons from the Balkhu and Kuleshwor area and an individual from the New Buspark area were rescued.

The riverbank areas in the city including Balkhu, Bafal, Dhobikhola corridor, Sundarighat area, and others were waterlogged due to inundation. 

Likewise, a house in Nagpokhari in the Phutung area was damaged by a landslip. 

Furthermore, 24 persons including two from UN Park, eight from Sundarighat, one from Balkumari, seven from Chagathali, and six from Mahalaxmi Ram Mandir area were rescued in Lalitpur district.