Most of the human settlements in Jakhim
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The District Disaster Management Committee has pointed out that more than 260 places in Lamjung are at risk of floods and landslides. Bhonje of Kholasothar Rural Municipality 7, upper and lower Chipla villages of Marsyangdi Rural Municipality 5, which have been prone to landslides in the past years, are also at risk of floods.
Human settlements and roads are most at risk of landslides. A few years ago, more than 8 people lost their lives due to a landslide in Dordikhola. Some of the missing are still unaccounted for. Only last year, 4 people, including 3 from the same family, lost their lives in a landslide in Kholasothar Rural Municipality 3, Bagum.
A few years ago, people lost their lives due to a flood and landslide around the Bensisahar-Chame road in Marsyangdi Rural Municipality. The road to Manang was blocked for months. Floods and landslides have also killed people in other places. When the flood washed away the houses, Marsyangdi Rural Municipality 3 Pallottari, Arkhale, ward no. 5 Upper Chipla residents have to leave the village. Billions have been lost in hydropower projects.
It is mentioned in the Monsoon Response and Preparedness Plan 2082 that government offices, schools and religious institutions are also at risk in Lamjung. According to the Disaster Management Committee, 2,825 households in the district are at risk of landslides, except in Benisahar Municipality, which is also the headquarters. The plan mentions the number of households in Benisahar Municipality and the number that may be affected.
According to Chief District Officer Madhav Prasad Pokharel, the report from the local level disaster management committee has been discussed and refined, and a monsoon response and preparedness plan has been prepared. He said that no concrete report has come from some local levels.
More than 20 places in Benisahar Municipality are at risk of landslides. However, it has been pointed out in the plan that some parts of the headquarters Bensi Sahar are at risk of floods and landslides due to the surrounding rivers. It has been pointed out that 39 places of Madhya Nepal municipality are at high risk of landslides and it can affect 3250 people from 811 households.
16 places in Sundarbazar Municipality are at risk of floods and landslides. It has been pointed out that 191 houses may be affected by this. More than 100 places in Rainas Municipality are at risk of floods and landslides. It is mentioned in the plan that more than 3 thousand 100 people of 447 houses may be affected by this. Government offices, schools, and religious institutions are also at greater risk in Rainas.
16 places in Kholasothar Rural Municipality are at risk. It is projected that 634 houses here may be affected by floods and landslides. 35 places of Dordi rural municipality are at risk of floods. 114 houses around Shera Bazaar, where the village center is located, are at risk of landslides. It has been pointed out that Hillebazar, Old Duwar, Upallo Dailung and other villages are at risk of landslides.
14 places in Dudhpokhri rural municipality are at risk of landslides. It is projected that 478 houses may be affected by the flood. Similarly, 465 students of 3 schools are at risk from floods and landslides, as mentioned in the monsoon response and pre-planning preparation plan. It has been pointed out that 22 places and 151 houses of Marsyangdi Rural Municipality may be affected by floods. In Marsyangdi, the residents of Pallotari, Arkhale and Upper Chipla have already been displaced, and those villages are also at risk of landslides.
Due to the floods and landslides that occur from time to time, even though we have to suffer material and human losses, we are not able to make solid plans and action plans. Purna Bahadur Gurung, Head of the District Coordination Committee, said that in the past, citizens complained that rescue and relief programs could not be organized in time by the government and local governments.
In Lamjung, the Nepali Army, Armed Police, Police, etc. have conducted model exercises from time to time for disaster rescue, but the citizens complain that those exercises have not been implemented in disaster incidents.
Chief District Officer Pokharel has identified flood and landslide risk areas and security teams have been deployed with vigilance. He said that the details of the disaster response materials with the administration, police, army, Red Cross, Forest Office as well as the local level have been collected and the materials have been kept tight so that they can be used immediately in the disaster response.
