Flood victims in Bajhang decry government apathy

Floods victims in the district have been seeking rehabilitation in safe locations for the past two decades but no help has been forthcoming, locals say.

On October 19, 2021, residents of Sungala village in Chhabis Prathivara Rural Municipality-1, Bajhang woke up to tremors. Outside, the flooded Seti River had breached its embankments and the floodwaters had started entering the village amid heavy rainfall.