The District Security Committee has inspected vulnerable settlements, schools, health posts, and infrastructure and emphasized immediate relief, rehabilitation, and restoration of electricity services.
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The District Security Committee of Tenchhong settlement, Silichong Rural Municipality-1, Sankhuwasabha, which was affected by floods and landslides after incessant rains, conducted an on-site monitoring on Thursday.
The team led by Chief District Officer Ishwori Prasad Aryal inspected the condition of the vulnerable settlements, health posts, schools and infrastructure and emphasized on immediate rehabilitation and relief management.
The floods in Sisuwa Khola have also damaged two schools. The education of about 170 students studying in those schools has been affected. Chief District Officer Aryal informed that coordination is being made to temporarily operate classes in neighboring schools so that the students' education is not interrupted.
DSP Kumar Prasad Mainali of the District Police Office said that 37 houses in Tenchhong are at high risk due to landslides caused by incessant rains. According to him, the risk of further landslides has increased after large cracks appeared in the ground above the settlement. Most of the families are staying with relatives and in safe places due to the increased risk.
The monitoring team included Indra Dal Gulma commander Nawaraj Basnet, Deputy Superintendent of Police Kumar Prasad Mainali of the District Police Office, and Chief of the National Investigation District Office Ram Achal Sah, among other representatives of security agencies. The affected locals have demanded that the government make arrangements for their safe rehabilitation.
The landslide has also put the community health post in Tenchhong at high risk. It is seen that there will be problems in the operation of services as the land around the building has been cracked. Similarly, after the flood damaged the 60-kilowatt capacity Sisuwakhola micro-hydropower project and the 30-kilowatt Chatekma micro-hydropower project in Sisuwakhola, more than 600 households in the village are still without electricity service.
According to rural municipality chairman Bhupal Raj Mewahang, about 300 residents of the Kulung community have been living in the affected area. He said that since the settlement itself is at risk, the support of the provincial and federal governments is necessary for their long-term rehabilitation.
After the monitoring, the District Security Committee has stated that it will coordinate with the concerned bodies for continuous monitoring of the vulnerable settlements, distribution of necessary relief, restoration of electricity service and resettlement to safe places. As the Meteorological Department is still indicating the possibility of rain, the local administration has urged the general public to adopt high alert in areas at risk of landslides and floods.
