Flood Victims Seek Return to Homeland Amidst Uncertain Future

Kathmandu. Langrang Tamang from Timure, Rasuwa has been in a holding center in Kathmandu for two months. She has neither her husband nor any other family members with her. Living a lonely life, she is troubled by the worry of where and how to spend the rest of her life. 'My husband is also separate. My daughter is married and gone. In Timure, there is no land or property. There is no house either. What little we had was taken by floods and landslides,' she recounted, 'The government has not looked after us. Organizations are looking after us and feeding us.'

Along with her, those displaced by the Bhote Koshi flood have been dependent on Kathmandu for two months. Staying temporarily at Mustang Gumba in Swayambhu, Kathmandu, they are planning to return to their homeland. Since the government has not brought a concrete resettlement plan, they are returning to their homeland.