First the earthquake, now the flood

Ashwin 21, 2081

Jyoti Shrestha

First the earthquake, now the flood

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Three houses have collapsed in Garlyam on the banks of Roshi river. Local 55-year-old Jamuna Bik's heart breaks when she sees the destroyed house. He felt as if disaster surrounded him. After removing the injury caused by the earthquake, the flood has added another injury to his family.

 9 years ago in 2072, the earthquake destroyed his house . The house destroyed by the earthquake was raised by Jamuna's family after 2/3 years. 4/5 years after the house was built, another disaster happened.

Last week's flood destroyed his new house. "The earthquake destroyed the house, there was no place to live," she said. ;.'

Jamuna has 3 sons . Jetha and Myla son have built two houses separately. Jamuna and her husband were living in a house with their younger son and daughter-in-law, mother-in-law. Jamuna's eldest son and Maila built two houses after the earthquake. 'We built these houses with great difficulty,' she said, 'It was very difficult to get relief from the government, we barely got relief, and we built a house.' is . First the earthquake, now the flood

'We who are sad are often surrounded by calamity,' she said expressing her sadness, 'the house was destroyed by the earthquake, after there was no place to live, a new house was built. Where to build the place, how to build it? Jamuna is worried about this now. According to him, the 5 ropani land here was also taken away by the flood, there is nothing left to name the land.

'There is nothing to eat, what to do? Have a big family . The relief I got now will only last for a few days," she said, "I have a daughter-in-law who has given birth, a sick mother-in-law, and a disabled son. Let's stay here for two to four days, we can't stay here forever, there is no place or money to build a house.' 'The 20-day-old daughter-in-law and the child were applying oil,' she said about the incident, 'because it was raining, the weather was cold. There was a sound of knocking, when the water was rising in the river, after saying that we can't stay here anymore, we all left the house one by one, we have a 17-day-old granddaughter in our arms, a pregnant daughter-in-law who can't walk, an 80/90-year-old mother-in-law, a disabled son. Even so, we crossed the river with difficulty, at that time we thought that saving our lives was the biggest thing for us, but now after a week, it is becoming very difficult because there is nothing in the house.'

A dozer has been driven in the Roshi River. The dozer is removing mud and stones in the river . There are 4/5 houses near the river that are about to collapse . Dhanmaya Rasaili, a resident, is worried that her house will collapse when the dozer moves.

His house has also been completely damaged by the flood. He also built a house not long ago . It has been like this for only 5/7 years . She also built a new house in relief of the earthquake.

"After the house was destroyed by the earthquake, we built a house here," she said. , this house was also destroyed by the flood.'

She said that sometimes the earthquake and sometimes the flood are causing them pain. 'One wound did not heal and another wound was inflicted,' she said.

Property and even a house in the name of Sahara was damaged by the flood, the local Gyanu Bik is now alone . Although there are 4 daughters and a husband in the family, she is now alone . Daughters got married and after her husband took another wife, she was living alone in Roshi Bazar .

'There was a house in the name of Sahara,' she said, it was also destroyed by the flood, there is no one with us, and there is no place to live, if you go, where will you go? There is no place to go, her husband has also lived with Souta, her daughters are married, what should a single person do, how will this disaster happen?' She is now living in a potty with the family of neighboring Jamuna.

'The house that was there was also collapsed by the earthquake,' she said, 'We built a house here after the earthquake relief, but the house became unfit to live there. Now, sick person, I am alone, how can I build a house now, I am afraid to live here. In the end, there is no ability to build a house, there is no land-money, this house was built as it is.' Most of the houses seem to be newly built. Locals say that many houses built after the earthquake were flooded and collapsed. The locals who have just raised the house collapsed by the earthquake are now worried about the flood damage.

Residents of Roshi Bhumidanda, Kalanti, displaced by floods and landslides, have now migrated to Panauti Bazar in search of a safe place. Local Kylie Tamang said, "The house was flooded, there is no bamboo to live on, there is no food to eat, how can we live here?" Where to stay ? How long will we stay here?, that's where we are looking for a room in Panauti, that's where we will live now.'

The government has declared more than half a dozen municipalities in the district that were most affected by the floods and inundation due to the rains since October 10 as 'disaster-prone areas'. Kavre's Roshi, Temal, Bethanchok, Chaunrideurali and Mahabharat Rural Municipality and Panauti, Namobuddha, Mandandeupur Municipalities have also been declared as crisis areas.

About 500 families in Roshi Rural Municipality, 600 families in Bethanchok Rural Municipality, and 700 families in Panauti Municipality have been displaced, according to local people's representatives.

Chief District Officer Umesh Dhakal said that in most of the 8 local level areas that have been declared crisis areas, roads, electricity, communication and other services have been disrupted, so no definite information has been received from those places. According to him, the details of where and how much damage has been done and how many people have been displaced have not been confirmed due to the lack of information from the municipality.

Stating that details have been requested from the municipal employees, he said, 'We have requested details in all municipalities, but due to the lack of details, there is also a problem in distributing relief to the affected people. Gradually, roads, electricity, communication services are reaching, it is believed that the details will come soon  .'

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