Tikapur, July 9: The rainfall
occurred continuously for some days have taken a toll on various settlements in
Kailali district.
A total of 313 households from
Bhajani municipality and 174 from Tikapur municipality have been displaced
after the inundation triggered by the incessant rainfall.
The displaced families have been
taking shelters at community buildings, schools, in their relatives' homes and
even on streets and open places.
Bhajani municipality is worst hit
by the inundation. In addition to the displacement, total 4,848 families have
been affected with deluge, according to Bishnu Neupane, chief of disaster
management committee.
"It is very difficult to
manage such huge number of displaced people. Municipality has distributed 1,800
bottles of drinking water. The displaced ones are forced to manage food by
bringing it from their houses- whatever left unwashed," he added.
Neupane further informed that most
of the roads are damaged here. Smilarly, 75 percent of arable land in Bhajani
is deluged.
As the rivers and streams are yet
to recede, details on loss of property at home is yet to be collected,
according to mayor at Bhajani municipality, Kewal Chaudhari.
"Bhajani is in utter mess. Not
only the people are displaced, but the livestock and crops are damaged.
Everything in the houses is drenched," he shared the plight.
Mayor Chaudhari wailed that
municipality alone can not afford to cope with this disaster, so federal
government must extend immediate assistance.
Those displaced from Bhajani are
forced to stay in tent on streets facing multiple risks, a local Krishna
Dhamala said, adding that it was raining, while mosquito bite is equally
menacing.
Similarly, the flooded Mohana River
entered the human settlement of Tikapur municipality-6, thereby displacing a
huge number of people.
Chief of the disaster management,
Nirmala Chaudhari informed that the households from Bhagwanpur, Preni,
Narayanpur, Milanpur, Bhartapur, Sundarpur and Baghmara were displaced by the
Mohana River floods.
Ward no 6 is hit hard by the deluge.
"It is difficult to reach the inundated site, she added.
Baghmara is inundated for the first
time as a narrow channel was constructed for an irrigation project at ward no
4, according to ward chair Lal Bir Chaudhari.
Meanwhile, the disaster management
committee has decided to take help from the Rani Jamara Irrigation Project to
repair the dams built at various places which were at risk of breach, causing
further floods. (RSS)