Bhotekoshi floods: Friends swept away in front of their eyes, spent the night in a cave after walking for nearly 12 hours
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लगानी न्यूज
Kathmandu. The sudden flood of Bhotekoshi turned into a day of tragedy for life.
When the floods of Wednesday, August 24 swept away houses, buildings, roads, bridges and other structures, the eyes of those who managed to reach safe by running are revolving in the eyes of those who have been able to reach a safe place.
Many relatives, friends and colleagues went missing in the floods. Even though their lives were saved, the survivors are wondering how to forget the fear and pain of that day.TAG_OPEN_div_79
The statement of seven people, including Shiva Giri, a technical employee of Mailung Hydropower Project in Rasuwa, escaped after the floods and saved their lives.TAG_OPEN_div_77
Giri, who is currently undergoing treatment at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, climbed up from the project camp after the flood speed increased.TAG_OPEN_div_75
Soon, the houses, settlements and other structures below started submerging in the flood. In no time, their friends were swept away by the flood and disappeared. “Many friends were swept away and disappeared. Nearby houses and villages were submerged, my uncle’s son (brother) was swept away,” Giri said.
That day became a curse for Giri, who had reached Rasuwa from Ghorahi of Dang for work. Even though he escaped from the flood, he went upstairs, but could not find any village or settlement immediately. He was suffering from hunger and thirst. He could not find the village even after climbing continuously in search of a safe place through the jungle. “We walked for about 12 hours till night and sat in a cave,” Giri said.TAG_OPEN_div_71
Giri’s team could not go to Timure and Dhunche and had to choose the path of the forest to save their lives. While escaping, a dog in the camp did not leave them. In the midst of human tragedy, the companionship of that dog also became memorable for them.
The next day, they were displaced after descending to the project site and after being informed about the rescue, they were rescued by a Nepal Army helicopter and brought to Kathmandu.TAG_OPEN_div_67
According to Giri, the devastating volume of floods can be gauged from the floods swept away the camp where the project employees were staying in the camp which was considered safe.TAG_OPEN_div_65
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Chippu Dorje Tamang, a resident of Rasuwa and an employee of Trishuli-3 ‘A’ hydropower project in Rasuwa, was in Kathmandu on the day of the flood. He was watching the visuals and messages from the project’s CCTV camera and was taking information about the development.TAG_OPEN_div_61
He said that even though there were warnings of the possibility of flooding, some people did not take the potential risk seriously.TAG_OPEN_div_59
“People underestimated what the flood would come up to this point,” Tamang said, recalling the tragic disaster. Some people who had seen the horrific form of the flood were filming. Some people managed to save their lives by swimming. Many people were swept away. ”
} He believes that the damage could have been minimized if people were sent to the site of the incident that it was a big flood and could be shifted to a safe place in time. According to Tamang, even the 11-storey building of the customs office was damaged by the flood, the information could not reach everyone on time.
“The message did not spread that the 11-storey customs building had been demolished.” He said, “If there had been prior warning of that kind of danger, people would have been more cautious and went to safer places.” ”
Waiting for a colleague even if his life is saved
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It is still difficult for those who survived the Bhotekoshi floods to return to normal. They have survived the floods. But they are uncertain about the condition of their colleagues, relatives and friends.
Megh Bahadur Gurung, who works at the Mailung Hydropower Project, has also gone missing after the floods. His family is now waiting for news about the condition of his relatives from the hospital to the possible search site.TAG_OPEN_div_47
Megh Bahadur’s wife, Jayanti Gurung, is anxiously waiting for the search to reach the hospital where the injured are treated and the possible place to get information. “What should I do, how should I handle it?”TAG_OPEN_div_45
For the families of those missing in the floods, only hope of ‘either breath, or corpse’ remains. The hope of the return of the relatives is not dead yet. But as the days pass, the wait is getting more painful. {{TAG_OPEN_strong_40}Prakash Silwal/RSS
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