A team of 12 people comprising 11women and one man, who were stranded in the Banganga river following a flood at Barmeli in Kapilvastu Municipality-6, have been safely rescued. 

An Armed Police Force team from No. 28 Battalion was deployed to the site immediately after receiving information about the incident and rescued them safely. 

The rescued individuals have been identified as Gopi Pariyar (70), Kirali Pariyar (70), Kabita Kumal (24) Rami Bayambu (38), Mina Bayambu (32), Belmati Sunar (45), Sushma GC (45), Lalumaya Shrestha (18), Laxmi Pariyar (34), Bina BK (40), Binda Thapa (24) and Resham Pariyar (37) said APF Superintendent of Police, Gopal Adhikari.