According to local resident and former ward chair Khagendra Rai, as the land has been subsiding every year, the building of the Ajambari Ama Group and 26 households are at risk of landslides.
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The entire village of Saptashwar in Kepilasgadhi Rural Municipality-5 is at risk of landslides. Twenty-six households in Bacherku, including Chiwiridanda, Barbote, Halkudanda, and Dadangaun, are at risk.
According to local resident and former ward chair Khagendra Rai, the land has been subsiding every year, putting the building of the Ajambari Ama Group and 26 households at risk of landslides. Locals including Mankumar Pariyar and Khadga Pariyar have already been displaced by the landslide.
Rai said that as the land continues to subside gradually during the rainy season and pulls in other areas as well, the risk is increasing daily. According to him, locals Jasbahadur Darji and Devbahadur Rai are also at risk. Similarly, the homes of Nawaraj Rai, Ramkaji Rai, Naresh Rai, Purnabahadur Rai, Purnabahadur Rai, Ishwar Rai, Krishnakumar Rai, Judhabahadur Rai, Shambhu Rai, Umesh Rai, and Mankumari Rai of Chiwirikharka have been affected.
Likewise, the homes of Paridhan Rai, Raghubahadur, Shriprasad Rai, and Saharmani Rai of Halkudanda have also been affected. In Barbote, the homes of Padamkumar Rai, Harichandra Rai, Dhakmasher Rai, Chaturbhakta Rai, Ganeshbhakta Rai, and Khagendra Rai have also been affected, according to Rai. “Every year, landslides cause the land to subside here, but since it is where we live, we cannot leave it behind,” Rai said. “If this situation continues, the entire village will have to be displaced and move elsewhere.”
After the risk of landslides increased, the entire area has been affected, said Ward Chair Himalbhakta Rai. He said that last year, some houses were damaged by landslides during road construction. This year, the landslides have caused problems for the locals, according to Rai. “Currently, the risk of landslides has affected the whole village,” Rai said. “Last year, after some houses were affected during road construction, a retaining wall was built to protect them.”
In addition, Parshu Rai, principal of Tharpudanda Secondary School, said that the Harlung-Jalpa-Saptashwar Baksila road has also been damaged. According to him, after the road between Barbote and Chiwirikharka subsided, it was repaired and brought back into operation.
