Monsoon means nightmare for riverside squatters in Kathmandu

Thousands of squatter households living along the riverbanks spend sleepless nights throughout the monsoon.

On Wednesday noon the rain had almost stopped at the squatter settlement along the Bagmati riverbank at Teku in Kathmandu. Seated on a bench outside his shack, 65-year-old Maila Damai was hemming shorts made out of old trousers while a small radio beside him blared out news on the losses caused by floods and landslides across the country.