Key Takeways:
- Affected households in Badimalika, Tribeni and Gaumul received relief
- Materials were provided under a western Nepal emergency response project
- Food, blankets, mattresses, solar lights and hygiene items distributed
- Local representatives call for further support for reconstruction and livelihoods
A total of 158 families affected by floods and landslides in Bajura have received relief materials worth around Rs 2.26 million, following losses to homes, farmland and daily livelihoods caused by continuous rainfall.
The relief included food, non-food and hygiene materials and was distributed under the Flood and Landslide Emergency Response Project–2026 for Western Nepal, operated by Caritas Nepal with financial support from CRS Nepal and coordinated by Badimalika Foundation Nepal.
According to Rishi Sharma, provincial programme officer at Caritas Nepal, 67 affected families in Badimalika Municipality, 45 in Tribeni Municipality and 46 in Gaumul Rural Municipality received the assistance.
The relief packages included rice, lentils, salt, cooking oil, mattresses, blankets, solar lights, warm clothing, soap and buckets, among other hygiene supplies. Caritas Nepal said priority was given to families displaced after the monsoon or whose houses were damaged.
Speaking at the relief distribution programme, Sharma said providing immediate assistance to families affected by disasters was a humanitarian responsibility.
"This support is not charity; it is connected to the needs and rights of affected citizens. We have come as supporting organisations to assist in the work that the state is required to do," he said.
Badimalika Mayor Amar Bahadur Khadka said that although human casualties in the district had remained relatively low during this year's monsoon, roads, drinking-water systems, irrigation facilities, houses and public infrastructure had suffered substantial physical damage.
He thanked Caritas Nepal, CRS Nepal and Badimalika Foundation for providing assistance to affected residents during a difficult period.
Gaumul Rural Municipality Vice-chairperson Sita Thapa said floods and landslides had damaged dozens of houses and hundreds of ropanis of farmland in different wards of the rural municipality. She said the immediate relief had provided significant assistance to affected families and called for further support for reconstruction and livelihood recovery.
Padam Bahadur Singh, president of the Federation of Nepali Journalists Bajura chapter and vice-chairperson of Badimalika Foundation Nepal, said efforts were continuing to coordinate with various organisations and deliver assistance to disaster-affected communities.
He expressed hope that Caritas Nepal would implement additional projects related to housing, education and agricultural recovery in the district.
The relief distribution campaign, coordinated with local governments, began on September 25 in Tamsu of Tribeni Municipality-9. Distribution was completed in Badimalika Municipality on September 27 and in Gaumul Rural Municipality on September 28.
Caritas Nepal said the assistance targeted families whose homes had become vulnerable, farmland had been swept away or who were facing food shortages following continuous monsoon rainfall and landslides in different settlements of Bajura.
On August 13, a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall buried a house in Tamsu, Tribeni-9, killing one person and injuring two others. The entire settlement is currently considered at high risk, according to the source.
In Gaumul Rural Municipality-3, Katigaun, and other wards, landslides following heavy rainfall on August 20 displaced dozens of families. Floods and landslides on September 4 and 5 also damaged houses and farmland in various parts of Badimalika Municipality.
