Kathmandu : The speaker for the House of Representatives, Agni Prasad Sapkota arrived in the flood-hit region on Thursday afternoon.

He arrived at his home district via a helicopter to inspect the incident and loss incurred. The speaker was trying to visit the impacted region at the earliest but he was unable to do so due to bad weather.

Twenty people have gone missing in the flooding incident. According to the District Police office, out of the missing people, 16 are from Bahrabise municipality and four from Bhotekoshi rural municipality.

The flood swept away 33 houses and killed two people.