Deuta was moved from the hills along with the settlement
It has been 6 years since Kumari Gurung of Palungtar Municipality-9 left the Thatathalo Kaundanda where she has been living for years. 81-year-old Gurung had a heavy heart when leaving Kaundanda, where Khaikheli grew up. Gurung did not even dare to build a new house in Thatathlo after the earthquake of Baisakh 12, 2072 destroyed all the houses in Danda's settlement.
Gurung's two-storied house in Kaundanda was also destroyed by the earthquake. "My brothers-in-law had three houses, they didn't build a house in Kaundanda after the earthquake because they were afraid that all of them would fall," she said. "It was difficult to build a village. Some people bought a house and moved to the place where the road reached No. 6, while others built an earthquake house in a farm in Bensi," she said, "I bought a house in Piple for one lakh and moved there." Residents of this area have built a new house after the earthquake by collapsing Bensi Pipli. Since the migration started, the face of Piple, which was a barren place until a decade ago, has not only changed, it has become a buzzard.
``Earthquake relief came to three lakhs, on top of that we have added four lakhs to build a two-storey house,'' she said, ``We moved here last, it was a deserted place in Piple with a small garden and a plantation, 18/20 house has been moved after the earthquake and now it is a slum.'' Gurung is also happy after settling down in Piple by building one house after another. "Now it's become a village, it's fun," she said, "The house above, where she lived for many years, was too far to go to the market, she had to go up and down, even when she was ill, it took two hours to reach the medical center, and it happened easily after the river fell." "This is the road to the village, there were bushes here, it was scary to walk after evening," she said. "We have come down to reach the farm," she said. The road through Pippale was also opened four years ago. A drinking water scheme is also under construction for the convenience of the locals after settlement. "Before the earthquake, there was only one house, we moved to two houses," she said, "After the earthquake, the house became a house, now there are roads and electricity." After the local flood subsided, the village became deserted. Local Ganesh Gurung said that Ichchadevi Temple, which has been worshiped by the locals of Woribhanjyang for generations, was also built in the new settlement.
'After the settlement moved down, we tried to move the temple as well,' he said, 'It was difficult to worship at the bottom as there were no people above. We have built a temple at the place where the settlement has moved, and now we are moving the deity to the valley on the 30th of Chait.' Gurung said that a temple and a square were built in the middle of the settlement. There is a majority of Gurung community here.
