It has been found that logs of Saal, Sisau and Khayar, among others, are being smuggled from the National Forest area of Rautahat district.

A high level team led by Minister for Health and Population Khagaraj Adhikari today made an inspection visit of Gaidatar, a diarrhoea-hit village of Chandrapur municipality in Rautahat district.

The cholera outbreak that began around three weeks ago at Gaidatar settlement in Chandrapur-2 has also spread in the nearby Morange village.

A teenager died after the epidemic of diarrhoea and vomiting and cholera resurfaced in Gaidatar of Chandrapur municipality-2.

With soaring temperatures, Tarai is in the grip of a heat wave.

At least three persons have died due to extreme hot weather in the last three weeks in Rautahat district alone.