Residents of Kailali Camp Live Under Threat from Dry Trees Amid Legal Hurdles to Removal

Kailali. In the Tikapur Ekata Camp in Kailali, Subhadra Chaudhary is constantly startled by the dry trees in her home's courtyard. The constant fear that these trees, which are in a state where they could fall at any moment due to being dried up, might cause an untoward incident keeps her on edge. The approaching stormy weather of the summer season further worries Chaudhary.

“Many lives have been lost due to trees falling right before our eyes,” Chaudhary said, “The fear of those incidents still remains in my heart.” Having no other shelter to move to, she says she has been enduring the fear and compulsion for two decades. Chaudhary states that the fear of insects during the monsoon, the cold in winter, and the threat of storms in summer have never left her.