34-year-old Vivek Rayamazhi of Gulmi Darbar Rural Municipality-7 Lamdanda has not been able to cope after losing his family after being buried in a landslide of the Jhaple river on the capital's entrance road. He lost his 2-year-old son, 26-year-old wife and 63-year-old father in the landslide.

Vivek lost his mother when he was 11 years old. Babu Juddha Bahadur was employed in Hyderabad, India. As there was no other support at home, Vivek and brother Vijay started staying at uncle Mekh Bahadur Khatri's house. Vivek, who grew up in his maternal home, married Pramita in 2078. After marriage, he moved to Butwal. A motorcycle garage named Bike Adda was opened at Tilottama Municipality-3 Shanti Chowk in Butwal. Mrs. Pramita ran a snack shop. 

had also started a false ceiling business with another friend. Vivek's brother Vijay was a bank employee in Kathmandu. Vivek opened a motorcycle garage in Thankot 6 months ago after Vijay asked his brother to sit and do business together in Kathmandu. Pramita had reached Gulmi 15 days ago from Kathmandu to make a copy of her citizenship.

After staying in Maiti for a few days, she got citizenship and came down to Butwal on Wednesday. Vivek's father (Pramita's father-in-law), who is in Hyderabad, India for work, was coming to Butwal on Thursday. Pramita, her 2-year-old son Krish and her 63-year-old father-in-law Juddha Bahadur were buried in the landslide of Jhaple river in Dhading, who traveled from Butwal to Kathmandu in Bingar vehicle number LU1J 4578 on Friday after meeting in Butwal. Vivek is now alone after all the three were swept away by the landslide. He now has only brother Vijay in the name of family.

15-year-old twins Deepesh and Deepika Bhattarai and their mother Sita also lost their lives after being buried in the same car in the landslide of Jhaple River, Galyang Municipality-3 of Syangja, their permanent home. Dipesh and Deepika were among the 'toppers' of Kalika Humanities Mavi. They were also curious about astronomy. Together with their mother Sita, they boarded a micro to Kathmandu from the highway intersection in Butwal on Friday to participate in the program 'National Astronomy Olympiad-2024' organized by the Nepal Astronomical Society. 

However, the dream of the brothers and sisters to reach Kathmandu and participate in the competition and to be the best in Bangladesh in the second stage and reach America was dashed. According to the school, students from 32 countries will participate in the conference to be held in Bangladesh. Bhattarai family was living in Yogikuti in Butwal sub-metropolitan city. According to Dinesh Thapa, Principal of Kalika Manavgyan Mavi, Dipesh and Deepika were selected by filling the 'conference form' themselves. "The program is on October 17," he said.

35-year-old Prakash Kunwar of Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City-16 Semlar was employed in South Korea for 13 years. Prakash returned to Nepal to get married three months ago. Prakash, the sixth (oldest) among seven brothers, married Anu Malla of Kathmandu on July 27. Prakash's birthplace is Madane Rural Municipality-6 Purkotdah of Gulmi. Prakash and Anu went down to Butwal to visit their native Gulmi to visit Kathmandu after the wedding and register the marriage. A week ago, they came down to Butwal and registered their marriage in Butwal sub-metropolitan city-16.