INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BAJURA, JULY 3Majhagaun of Swamikartik Rural Municipality received cracks due to the
unseasonal rainfall last year in Bajura.
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Municipality
As many as 51 houses of the village
are at a high risk of landslide.Lank Bahadur BK, a local, said the villagers panic when they see dark coulds in the sky
He added that there was a lake below the village and landslide above the village had forced people to take safety measures
Locals said that they were compelled to go to the nearby Muktikot Basic Level School when it started to rain
BK said a landslide occurred in the middle of the village last year and the village received cracks
He said the land in the village and surroundings received the cracks.
Some of the villagers took shelter in the school at
night.The village lies in one of the remote areas of Bajura
The people in the village are impoverished.They face acute food crisis throughout the year
According to the rural municipality, as many as 300 villagers of 51 families are at high risk of food crisis
Children, elderly and women, among other target groups, have been facing problems
Locals said that the Dalit families could not receive relief materials even though they were at high risk.Rural municipality Chairman Bharat
Bahadur Rokaya said that some of the families would come to school for shelter
He said that the whole village is at high risk of natural disaster
He said that the rural municipality could not find proper land to relocate victims.A version of this article appears in the print on July 4,
2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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