Ground cracks displace 15 families in Makawanpur, 80 houses at risk

Residents shelter in a school as experts call for relocation from the risk-prone settlements.

Every year around this time, Gopini Bishwakarma of Morangedhap in Makawanpur would be preparing to clean and daub her house with mud for Dashain, the biggest festival of the Hindus. But this year, she is afraid to sleep inside as cracks have appeared on the floor and around her home.