Flood Victims Seek Resettlement in Khaidi

Kathmandu. Buddhist mantras are heard from early morning on the peaceful hill of Swayambhu. Amidst the fluttering prayer flags and the gentle fragrance of butter lamps in the air, the locals of Timure, displaced by the Bhote Koshi flood, are in the courtyard of the Mustang Monastery.

Even remembering that dark morning of Bhadra 10, the hearts of the displaced from Timure, Gosainkunda Rural Municipality-2, Rasuwa, still feel heavy. The surging Bhote Koshi washed away their homes and relatives in a few minutes. These flood victims, who have lost everything and are taking refuge in Kathmandu's Mustang Monastery, are physically in the capital, but their minds are still entangled in the cold winds and stones and soil of the border.