Flood survivors struggle to rebuild their lives 15 years on

A massive flooding of Koshi River in 2008 destroyed over 4,600 hectares of croplands in Sunsari. Many people are still unable to clear sand from their fields.

Mohammad Sultan, a 72-year-old man from ward 4 of the then West Kushaha Village Development Committee, currently ward 4 of Koshi Rural Municipality, in Sunsari district, vividly remembers the day on August 18, 2008, when his five bigha (3.39 hectare) of land was buried under sand after a devastating flooding in the Saptakoshi River.