Monsoon rains are a nightmare for the Valley’s squatters

Incessant rains on Monday night inundated many places in the Kathmandu valley. The floods injured two and as many as 33 had to be rescued, police said.

Min Kumar Magar and his five-member family have spent sleepless nights for the past couple of days. The family lives at the Paurakhi tole, a flood-prone area, in Thapathali. Incessant rains that continued through Tuesday morning had the whole family worried, including Magar’s eight-year-old daughter Merina, as it did around this time in the