Distressed Chepangs of Kusum Khola bemoan loss of property and await relocation

Chitwan National Park authorities on Saturday set ablaze two huts and vandalised eight others, asking the indigenous people to vacate Kusum Khola.

Kajiman Chepang, 51, was one of the victims who lost his home in Kusum Khola on Saturday when officials from the Chitwan National Park set fire to two houses and destroyed eight others with the intention of evicting the residents. Ten families were rendered homeless in the incident .