Gaurishankar Rural Municipality will immediately provide 50,000 rupees for the construction of temporary shelters for families displaced by floods and landslides.

Chairperson of the rural municipality, Bishwas Karki, said that a decision has been made to provide 50,000 rupees for the construction of temporary shelters to 11 families from Gaurishankar–8 Longata and Gaurishankar–9 Tasinam, who have been displaced by floods and landslides for the past week.

According to him, the funds are being provided to make immediate temporary housing arrangements for those displaced by floods and landslides. He said that after the flood in Khare Khola on Wednesday night eroded the Longata settlement, 7 families have already been relocated.

He said that the flood in Khare Khola has put 22 houses in the riverside area at risk. Similarly, he informed that in Gaurishankar–9 Tasinam, 4 houses have been damaged to the extent that they are uninhabitable, and those families have been relocated. Due to landslides in Tasinam, an additional 10 houses are at risk.

Likewise, he said that the landslide has also damaged some houses in Gaurishankar–7 Marbu. The listing of houses damaged by the landslide in Marbu is ongoing. He said that those displaced to the extent that their houses are uninhabitable will immediately be provided with 50,000 rupees for the construction of temporary shelters. For the construction of permanent housing, he informed that the displaced families will be provided with 250,000 rupees in installments. “Many wards of Gaurishankar have been affected by floods and landslides. Many families have been displaced,” he said, “We will provide 50,000 rupees each for immediate temporary housing arrangements for those who have become homeless.”

10 families who moved to Longata after the earthquake dried up their water source displaced again by floods

He said that since 22 families at risk are living in danger, the municipality will assist them if they wish to relocate immediately. He also informed that families at risk have been requested to stay in safe locations.

“As the rain has not stopped, the number of displaced people is increasing daily. Many families are at risk of floods and landslides,” he said, “The municipality has requested that immediate assistance be provided to houses and families at risk and that precautions be taken.”

He said that although the federal, provincial, and local governments have jointly formulated procedures for the reconstruction of houses destroyed by floods, landslides, and fires, the provincial government has not provided funds and the federal government has also not provided sufficient funds, so the municipality itself has started assisting with temporary and permanent housing.

He said that although the reconstruction of 30 houses destroyed by floods, landslides, and fires was completed last year, the federal government only sent the first installment and the provincial government did not take any responsibility, so the municipality provided 250,000 rupees per family from its own resources for the completed houses.

He informed that last year, a decision was made to provide 50,000 rupees for temporary housing and 250,000 rupees for permanent housing to families displaced by floods, landslides, and fires.

He said that the search is still ongoing for 73-year-old Chasman Tamang of Gaurishankar–9, who went missing in the flood in Sipring Khola on Wednesday, but he has not yet been found. Along with Chasman, 30 goats and 12 cattle were also swept away by the flood.