Floods and landslides affect 300 households in Jaljala

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२ कार्तिक २०८३, सोमबार ११:१२October 19, 2026

Myagdi. More than 300 households have been affected by the recent monsoon-induced disaster in Jaljala Rural Municipality of Parbat district adjacent to Beni Bazaar, the district headquarters of Myagdi.

TAG_OPEN_div_30 According to the rural municipality, 316 houses have been damaged due to floods and landslides in the Kaligandaki River following the downpour from September 22 to 24. Chief Administrative Officer of Jaljala, Sandip Kafle, said that 126 houses were completely damaged and 50 houses were partially damaged.

} “A further 140 houses are at risk,” he said, adding that the floods and landslides have caused unimaginable damage to private houses, agricultural land with millet, paddy, orange farmland, roads, drinking water, irrigation and infrastructures built for the protection of settlements. ”

75 houses have been swept away and 27 houses are at risk in Jaljala Rural Municipality-8 of Kaligandaki. Temporary camps have been set up for those who do not have houses elsewhere and are not able to manage themselves.TAG_OPEN_div_26

Tangwang and Khanigaun of Ward No. 7 have also been affected. The floods of Kaligandaki River have also damaged Lamakhet of Ward No. 4. Vice-chairperson of the rural municipality, Deepak Acharya, said that 35 families of Tangwang and Khanigaun have been displaced due to the landslide.TAG_OPEN_div_24

“The settlement is surrounded by landslides. Even the walls of the houses are not safe and the walls of the houses are not safe,” he said, “Therefore, the residents of Khanigaun and Tangwang have come to a safe place and built temporary tents.” ”

Rural municipality chair Raju Prasad Acharya said that the rural municipality has forwarded an action plan for the arrangement of basic relief materials and short-term and long-term rehabilitation in the affected areas.TAG_OPEN_div_20

} “We have a plan to make temporary shelters by providing zinc sheets, utensils, clothes and food for the time being,” he said, adding, “In the long term, we will reconstruct private houses and damaged physical structures as per the government’s policy.” ”

According to him, along with private housing, damaged roads, drinking water, irrigation and school buildings should be reconstructed and settlements at risk should be protected. He said that coordination is being made with the federal and state governments and donor agencies to raise the necessary financial resources for the control of floods and landslides.TAG_OPEN_div_16