Kathmandu, Shawwal 10, 1435, Aug 6, 2014, SPA -- A total of 156 people were declared dead after a landslide in central Nepal at the weekend, dpa cited the chief officer of Sinupalchowk district as saying Wednesday. "We have only managed to excavate 34 bodies, using excavators, with the help of residents who guided us to the areas where their houses might have been located," Gopal Parajuli said by phone. A hill collapsed into the Sunkoshi River during heavy rain Saturday, leaving hundreds of people displaced. The landslide also cut off the only highway linking Nepal to China, a major trading route. --SPA 12:41 LOCAL TIME 09:41 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w