BAJURA, JUNE 17
Incessant rainfall with the onset of monsoon has put over 100 villages at a high risk of landslides in Bajura.
According to District Administration Office, Bajura, 116 villages in all nine local levels of the district as earlier included in a 2077 BS report submitted by the District Crisis Management Committee, Bajura, have been categorised as high-risk areas.
The report had suggested for the at-risk villages to be moved to secure locations as these villages are always under threat from landslides during monsoon.
Furthermore, the report also claimed that landslides always displace some households in those villages every monsoon, therefore thousands of households there should be moved to other locations for good.
It has been reported that 971 households in 13 villages of Triveni Municipality, 625 households in 25 villages of Budhiganga Municipality, 332 households in 14 villages of Khaptad Chededaha Rural Municipality, 10 villages in Budhinanda Municipality, three villages in Jagannath Rural Municipality, Nine villages in Swami Kartik Rural Municipality, five villages in Himali Rural Municipality, 15 villages in Badhimalika Municipality and 21 villages in Gaumul Rural Municipality face the threat of being eroded.
Despite many villages being in danger, the authorities have yet to work towards moving the villages to secure locations, claimed Krishna Adhikari, Secretary at the NGO Federation of Nepal, Bajura.
Due to such circumstances, majority of the families leave their houses during monsoon, he added.
"The district authorities are coordinating with local levels for the crisis preparedness management," claimed Assistant Chief District Officer, Samir Bhandari, in response to the question of authorities' preparedness against a possible disaster.
