Only two families in a village of 63 houses

Locals complain that they are forced to leave the village because roads and roads are closed for 6 months after snowfall

Poush 28, 2081

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Only two families in a village of 63 houses

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It is in Namkha rural municipality-6 across the Himalayas of Humla, Jang village of Limy. 15 years ago there were 63 households in this village. After most of them migrated to Kathmandu, China, Nepalgunj, now only two families are left.

Ward president Paljor Tamang said that after 5-6 families migrated every year, the village became empty. "Until a year ago, there were 17 houses. This year the village was empty. Only 4/5 people are left in the two houses,” he says.

Residents of these two houses also went to Kathmandu last November after the cold weather. Now those two houses are also locked. They will return after the snowfall is over," said Tamang, the ward president. Bhrikuti Basic School here was closed 4 years ago. 

Jangwasi didn't just leave the village. They have also taken the local monastery and other public property of the village to Kathmandu after bringing the recommendations of the Department of Archaeology. They came to take the recommendation of the ward saying that we have 83 households, and with the consent of 81 households, we will move the contents of the monastery. After completing all other procedures, we also gave recommendations from the ward. "They took all the goods they could carry," he said.

Jang's representative has also resigned and left the village. Female ward member and executive member Puti Lama submitted her resignation to the ward a few months ago. His resignation has not been accepted.

Local Sandup Tamang said that only 4 people from two families live in the village now. "Everybody left the village. We have not been able to leave the village because of our poor financial situation," he said. "We don't have a house outside. We cannot afford to pay rent in the city. Even if we go to Kathmandu to escape the cold now, we will return when the Nyayo starts.''

Only two families in a village of 63 houses

Jang's neighbor Tilgaon, which is located in Limi, has also started to become empty due to migration. Out of 40 households, there are now only 22 families in Til. Ward No. 6 of the municipality has been formed by covering the Limy gavis of Sawik, where Jang, Til and Halji villages are located. Ward president Tamang says that the residents of Halji have left their homes. One has to walk for more than 4 hours to reach these villages in the same ward. 

In the village of Limika, bordering Tibet, there was a lot of activity until a few years ago. But in recent years, migration has continued. As there are no education facilities in the village, children and youths go to the city to study. "It is so sad that only the elderly and women live in the village," says Kunchok Sewang Lama, who has migrated.

He says that he was forced to leave the village because the roads and roads are closed for 6 months after snowfall. "There is no option to die if there is a big disease in the village," he said, "There is no other option except helicopter charter." A helicopter cannot be called at great expense. That's why everyone left the village.' 

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