Arghakhachi, Oct 13 : Forty-one Dalit families have been displaced due to the risk of landslide at Bhujunge of Sandhikharka municipality-7 in Arghakhachi district.
Ward Chairperson
Chura Bahadur KC said 161 members of 41 families have been displaced due to the
risk of landslide and they have been taking shelter at a building of a local
Chandra Prabha Secondary School.
The landslide
has damaged some houses of the village and some of them are at high risk.
Assistant Chief
District Officer, Meghnath Padhyaya, shared there is a situation to shift the
entire settlement to safer place. Arghakhachi Chamber of commerce and Industry
and Nepal Red Cross Society have distributed relief to the landslide affected
people.
President of
Arghakhachi branch of Nepal Red Cross Society, Kushal Bhusal, said 20 pieces of
blankets and 20 pieces of mats have also been provided to Dalit families of
Bhujunge, who have lost their houses due to landslide.
Meanwhile, a
person died and one another has gone missing after being swept away by a stream
in the district, said Chief District Officer, Shashidhar Ghimire.
A total of 111
families have been displaced due to landslide in the district so far. (RSS)