Unplanned growth of urban sprawl puts lives and houses at risk in Valley

Settlements have grown in areas not fit for construction and there is little study before lands are plotted to build houses or how they could be made less vulnerable, say experts.

It’s hard for 54-year-old Sher Bahadur Shrestha to come to terms with the loss of his home. The house he built atop a small hillside six years ago in Dhapakhel, of Lalitpur Metropolitan City tumbled down when the land where his house stood slid down following heavy rains last month.