With this year's monsoon, the risk of natural disasters has been seen throughout the Far West Province. According to the government forecast, about 280,000 citizens of more than 52,000 households will be affected by this year's rains.

It is seen that 29 thousand 593 citizens of 13 thousand 500 households are at risk in the hilly district of Dadeldhura. However, even though the preparation of the local level will be the basis of effective management, Amargadhi municipality in the headquarters of Dadeldhura has not yet been able to prepare the details of the estimated affected.

According to the information given by the District Disaster Management Committee Dadeldhura, it is predicted that 7 thousand 853 households will be affected in Alital Rural Municipality, which is the most at risk among the seven local levels of the district. After that, 3 thousand 951 households in Parashuram municipality, 510 in Bhageswar village municipality, 311 in Navadurga rural municipality, 277 in Ajaymeru rural municipality and 167 households in Ganyapadhura rural municipality are on the risk list.

Amargadhi Municipality, which is also the administrative center of the district, has not yet submitted the details of the estimated population to be affected to the District Disaster Management Committee. Kavindraraj Bhatt, the engineer of the municipality, said that due to the lack of technical manpower required for disaster risk assessment in the municipality, the work could not be done.

Among the local levels of the district, the Amargadhi Municipality did not send the necessary data for the preparation, which created confusion in the action plan of the entire district. The District Disaster Management Committee has identified potential risk areas and prepared a preparedness plan. Accordingly, open areas easily accessible from vulnerable settlements have been identified as temporary camps. It has been reported that the balance of relief materials, communication coordination, emergency food supplies and first aid materials have also been managed.

The responsibility of making the rescue and relief work effective throughout the district has been given to the Armed Police Force, Nepal Police and Nepali Army. These bodies will primarily be engaged in search and rescue after a disaster. For that, search and rescue response teams have been formed at the district level in coordination with the local levels. Those teams are being given basic rescue training by a special team of armed police. After the training, the team will be directly involved in search, rescue and relief distribution at the local level when disaster strikes.

Dadeldhura being a hilly district, problems such as landslides, river erosion, and road blockages are seen every year during the monsoon. When the road network is weak, it is a problem to reach from one village to another during a disaster. When the road network is closed due to landslides, health services, food supply, traffic are all affected for months.

According to state-level details, risk has been seen in all the nine districts of Kanchanpur, Kailali, Baitadi, Dadeldhura, Bajura, Doti, Darchula, Bajhang and Achham. It is estimated that 36 thousand 896 citizens will be affected in Kanchanpur, 32 thousand 380 in Kailali, 32 thousand 124 in Baitadi, 30 thousand 766 in Bajura and 29 thousand 593 in Dadeldhura.

Similarly, it is estimated that 20 thousand 869 citizens will be affected in Doti, 16 thousand 93 in Bajhang, 15 thousand 213 in Achham and 13 thousand 796 in Darchula.

In the district-level preparedness plan, rescue teams, food stocks, availability of relief materials, information flow system and emergency contact telephones have been kept in readiness. However, some local levels have not been able to provide the basic figures, and the question has been raised as to how well the post-disaster situation will be managed.