BANKE, June 13: Two people drowned in Man Khola in Khajura Rural Municipality, Banke, on Monday.
According to Police Inspector Sujan Bikram Shah of the District Police Office, Banke, Laxmi Dangi, 17, and Kiran Nepali, 7, of the municipality drowned in the river.
With the rising temperature, drowning cases are on the rise in the southern belt of the country.