Landslide risk displaces 90 in Myagdi

By Thakur Prasad Acharya 

Myagdi, Oct. 13: Mahabhir village in Annapurna Rural Municipality-8, Myagdi district, has been deserted after the risk of landslides increased, forcing residents to flee their homes.

Landslides have occurred below the settlement and at several locations within the village, causing cracks in houses and courtyards. Following incessant rainfall during the second week of October, residents were forced to leave their homes and take shelter in a temporary camp as the risk of landslides increased.

A total of 90 people from 30 households have been displaced. Of them, 70 are living together in a temporary shelter, while the others have taken refuge with relatives and neighbours.

Kham Bahadur Garbuja, ward chair of Annapurna Rural Municipality-8 and a resident of Mahabhir himself, said the displaced families had been accommodated in a temporary camp at Siruwari in Kafaldanda, where tents provided by the District Disaster Management Committee had been erected.

“The entire village has been riddled with cracks due to landslides. Many houses and cattle sheds have developed cracks. As the settlement was no longer safe to live in, we moved the entire village to a safer location,” he said.