Natural disasters prompt mass exodus from villages

Many settlements in Baglung district in western Nepal have been grappling with outmigration after recurring landslides and floods in recent years.

On September 2, 2020, landslides in wards 7, 8, and 9 of Dhorpatan Municipality displaced 126 families. Twenty-two people were killed while 17 are still missing. In the wake of the disaster, the National Reconstruction Authority decided to provide the victims housing grant for the reconstruction of their homes.