KHOTANG: Locals of Damdi in Pathema VDC-7 of Khotang district are forced to live in a constant fear as the area is at risk of a landslide. A massive rock at about 1,000 metres above on Hattisudhe cliff is at risk of erosion as the soils are loosening due to the rainfalls, risking the human settlement, local said. The 1934 massive earthquake had torn apart the cliff making a gap of one foot in between, which is now increased to more than four metres. As a result, locals are living in a constant fear while some others leave their houses at nights to avoid any danger and spend nights elsewhere in safe places. 'As the monsoon started, some locals started leaving their houses at nights and return in the morning,' said local Dhan Prasad Giri. 'We cannot sleep throughout night. The state should be pay attention to our problems,' another local 76-year-old Dal Bahadur Rai said.