Residents complain that the Durlung Motorway puts the settlement at risk of landslides. Kushma settlement is in crisis because the leaders do not pay attention to landslide control.
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It has been years since the local residents of Kushma Municipality-4 of the district have been calling for the prevention and management of Gajote landslide. No hearing from anywhere. About 200 houses in Kushma's old market, zero kilometer, Patlethar, are at high risk of landslides. Every year, with the onset of Barkhayam, the locals have been staying awake at night.
Due to the construction of the motor road from the forest above the settlement to Durlung in 2057, the locals complain that their settlement is at risk of landslides. Meena Joshi, a resident of Zero Kilometer, said that the landslide started after the water from the drain on the side of the road leading to Durlung was randomly thrown into the gajote of Kushma Municipality-3 Durlung.
This is a disaster created in the name of development. While digging a road in Durlung, drain water has been thrown towards us without considering the settlement of Kushma. The landslide itself has not gone anywhere. The water coming from all the roads has caused landslides', she said, 'It's been 25 years since I started walking around shouting at the leader. When landslides occur, leaders come, see and leave. It is said that only the settlement is at risk here. If neglected like this, there is a risk that one day the Kushma market will be washed away.
Nepali Congress Central Member and Constituent Assembly Member Arjun Prasad Joshi, Tarun Dal Central Chairman Scholar Gurung, Kushma Municipality Mayor Ramchandra Joshi and Ward Chairman Dinesh Shrestha are also from the landslide-affected area. MP Padam Giri, who became the chief whip of CPN-UML and became a minister twice, is from Durlung.
'Despite being responsible leaders from our place, no effort was made to control the landslide. On the road to Durlung, many times budgeting was done to make the road smooth, but no one spared a single rupee for the landslides', grocer Suman Shrestha said, 'When the Honorable Padam Giri Pohor came to observe the landslides, it was said that it would be done if the DPR was made and sent. Who will make that DPR? Landslides have hit his shop twice last year. "It's as if people are thinking of working with a budget after they have been washed away," he said.
Arjun Kumar Pariyar migrated from Khurkot 10 years ago. Now he regrets it. As soon as the rain comes from the sky, the landslide with the rocks brought from above will pile up in front of the house. As soon as he can, he starts to move away from the landslide.
This is the daily life of not only him but all the house owners affected by the landslide. He says, 'You can see how much the people's representatives and leaders have developed in the mountain by looking at the landslide in this headquarters.' Local Biraj Gurung recalled that there was a big landslide in 2057. Now they say that the old Kushma market will not be there if the landslide goes like this.
The strong wall built by the Earth Conservation Office stopped the damage at that time. He has not come to his senses yet," he said, "It is not that the ward has not done small things. How much time will it take to put that mesh and dig a ditch to prevent landslides? It seems that the walls installed in the office have helped in preventing the landslides that have occurred so far. Shambhukumar Mishra, senior watershed management officer of the Groundwater and Watershed Management Office, said that the current problem was caused by the mudslides and the weakness during the digging of the rural roads.
This problem has arisen when the small creeks and their springs are buried when rural roads are dug and all the water merges and merges into the river of Gajaute, he said, "Because of this, the gully cuts the adjacent land and brings stones and rocks to the bottom, and when their drainage is stopped, the risk of landslides increases." He says that he is tired of going to the leader's door to manage. Everyone said that it is sad that the people do not understand that the ward does not have a budget. A landslide hit my house. I would have stopped the landslide if I could from the ward', he said. No one said no. The budget is the sustainable way out of landslides. If there is a budget, the solution will come.
Ward president Shrestha expressed his anger that Durlung road was upgraded with a budget of 16 crores, but no budget was put in place to manage the risks brought by that road. "Even now, in the name of parks, roads, temples, etc., we are being watched by budgeting to prevent landslides," said Shrestha, the ward president.
Kushma Municipality has allocated 10 lakh rupees for DPR to control landslides this time. It was not possible with the municipal budget. "We could not make a budget where it should be," said Mayor Ramchandra Joshi. After the DPR is made, I am optimistic that the necessary technology and budget will be available for sustainable landslide management.'
