Several settlements in hill districts of Lumbini at high risk of landslides

Haphazard construction of roads using heavy machinery is also one of the leading causes behind landslides, officials say.

Junga Bahadur Pun, the ward chairman of Gaumukhi Rural Municipality-3 in Pyuthan, has been staying in an animal shed for the past one year. He says he and his family started living in the shed, as his village is at risk of landslides.