Shattered by disaster, ignored by authorities

Families hit by floods and landslides in Kavrepalanchok face dangerous conditions with no safe shelter as government aid and relocation plans lag.

Bishnu Bahadur Tamang, 43, from Nangi Danda Maikhoriya in ward 2 of Panauti Municipality, is living a nightmare that echoes the haunting lines of the song ‘Railko Bato 2’ by Suraj Pandit: “Where should I go, leaving the village? I haven’t seen a city to hide... Building a big palace to live in is not my desire. When will there be a roof on the broken hut? When will I get enough food in the morning and the evening?