Head teacher evacuated 900 children minutes before Nepal floods hit school

A headteacher has told how he saved 900 pupils' lives from the Nepal floods - by quickly evacuating them just 10 minutes before the waters hit.

Quick-thinking Rajendra Dawadi leapt into action after receiving a phone call from his friend on Wednesday morning telling him the village five miles upstream had been taken by the river

Rajendra Dawadi leapt into action after receiving warnings over waters heading towards his school.

Rajendra Dawadi rang the school bell to warn his fellow teachers they needed to evacuate (Picture: Rajendra Dawadi) The head teacher of a school in Nepal almost certainly saved the lives of more than 1,600 pupils with his quick actions as this week’s devastating flash floods approached. Rajendra Dawadi, the principal o

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