Flood victims of Roshi live in destroyed houses

Even after 5 months after the disaster, the government is unable to take concrete steps, so they are forced to live in the cracked houses at the risk of death, said the flood victims.

Falgun 19, 2081

Jyoti Shrestha

Flood victims of Roshi live in destroyed houses

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One wing of the house collapsed and fell towards the Roshi river bank, it looks like Hwang, in the other corner of the remaining part there is a grocery shop. They play carom board in the afternoon, have tea in the morning and evening, and do a lot of business. The Durga Khatri couple of Panauti-12, Mankhola Dobhan have no other source of income apart from the business from the shop. Durga has been supporting the household through the business of the shop.

On October 12, the flood in the Roshi river caused chaos in the entire village, at that time Durga's family was living in fear in the ruined house. Five months have passed but the government has not even collected the details of the disaster affected beneficiaries. Nayagaon located in Panauti-2, Maikhoria, Torikhoria, Roshi Bazar of Ward-12 and some areas of Kalati, Thumki Danda of Ward-11 are affected by the flood. The victims are risking their lives in damaged houses, they have no option to leave the slums.

 'When you take two steps, the house shakes, don't talk about fear and panic,' Durga said, 'The occasional earthquake makes the heart tremble. What to do because of fear, there is nowhere to go, we have been staying in this house. There is neither money nor land to build a new one. How long will the government hope?' 

She said that she has no other option but to live with whatever she has. "As we have stayed all winter, we may not be able to stay here during the rains," she lamented. "There is a risk of both floods and landslides. If there is no heavy rain until May, we are thinking of staying here, and after May, we will look for a room in Panauti Bazar." She says, "This is the house even if you live, and this is the house when you die." Her family of 5 has been living in that house. "There is no other option but to stay here. We had built a house for the relief of the earthquake, but it was also damaged by the flood. Now we are not in a position to build another house," she said. It has started to rain, it is difficult to save lives. The house has been damaged by the flood, but no relief has been received from the government,' she complained, 'Some people in the village have received relief and money, but they say our name is not on the list.' 

81-year-old Yug Bahadur Gurung of Panauti-12 Dhadgaon is worried that the same fate will be repeated in the coming monsoon. The Gurung couple were sick and returned home after a long stay in the hospital.

Yug Bahadur had a stroke and his wife's leg was broken, so the couple was sick. "It was only a few days since we came from the hospital," he said. But because we were soaked in water all night, we got sick again, we were admitted to the hospital and could return home only after treatment.

The village is still affected by floods and landslides. "Landslides have created cracks in the hills, there is fear that there will be more damage in the next monsoon," says Yug Bahadur, "Those who live on the hills are afraid of landslides, and those who live down here are afraid of floods." He said that even after 5 months after the disaster, the government could not take concrete steps for the affected people, so they were forced to live in the cracked houses at the risk of taking risks. "What will the government, which has not been able to do anything in the winter, do in the drought?" he says, "It was said that they would give 50,000 rupees to make a temporary shelter, but they have not shown any interest even after the rains have arrived." The meeting said to request all local disaster management committees to identify households and settlements that are uninhabitable due to floods and need to be relocated. 

"A request has been made to the higher authorities," says District Disaster Management Committee Coordinator and Chief District Officer Umesh Kumar Dhakal. For the construction of temporary housing, the details of the beneficiaries should be entered in the disaster portal and sent to the district disaster management committee along with the decision of the local disaster management committee. Funds will be disbursed only after reaching the authority after approval from the District Disaster Management Committee.

But all the municipalities have not yet been able to collect the beneficiary details. Out of 13 local levels of Kavre, only 5 have collected details of beneficiaries. Details have been gathered that 86 households were affected in Dhulikhel Municipality, 824 in Namobuddha Municipality, 548 in Roshi Rural Municipality, 278 in Chaurindeurali Rural Municipality and 17 in Mahabharat Rural Municipality. "The municipality has been sent several times to enter the details of the beneficiaries," says Prazia Dhakal, "but since the municipality is not interested, there has been a delay in getting the funds for the construction of housing for the victims." Bhagwan Adhikari, Chairman of Bethanchok Rural Municipality, Chandra Lama, Chairman of Temal Rural Municipality and Ramsharan Bhandari, Chief of Panauti Municipality, said that the process of collecting details is continuing. 

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