Friday, July 3, 2009

Devasting Landslide @ Thulopandhera[पहिरोले घर बयाउंदा छ जनाको घटनास्थलमै मृत्यु]

I woke up at 7:00 PM due to the rington of my mobile. It was the phone of Tirtha Gurung from Ramadi. He was telling that was I known the news of Ramadi, made me suck thinking what happened at Ramadi. Asking with him, then got to know that the house of Mr. Sim Bahadur Gurung, inhabitant of Ward No-8, Thulopandero, Margyangkot of Deurali VDC, Kaski, was burried in the landslide caused by heavy rainfall in the early morning at 2:30 AM on 2 July 2009. Three people were killed in the accident. They were Mangali Gurung (80 years old), Soni Gurung (25 years old) & Purnima Gurung(one & Half year). The landslide was about 400 meters long in length.
Similarly, three personel were killed in the landslide accident at Thaprek-5, in the same night. They were 40 years old of Krishna Bahadur Bhujel, his wife of 35 years old of Bhagawati & daughter at the age of 11 years Sima Bhujel.
I went to Ramadi by catching Taal Bus that leaves for Polyang from Pokhara at 1:00 PM thinking the situations created over there due to devasting accident. The bus crossed different locations. The bus got jammed in the starting point of Deurali hill at Phedi. The rural motor way was covered by mud & clay. The bus difficultly climbed up to Deurali. I was in hurry to see the accident area & reached there at 6:30 PM only. I saw lots of landslide on the way from Deurali to Ramadi motor way blucking the way. The situation of Thulopandhera was really terrible. The large landslide came from the bottom of Kalika Temple that is about more than 400 meters long in length. Next small landslide came from above of the house of Sim Bahadur Gurung, burried the house & killed three persons in the spot. People were gathered there from 4:00 PM to rescue according to local people.
Due to heavy rainfall in the same night, 15 households are displaced at Deurali Phedi, Kaski. Due to the Dotelled Kuna stream got heavy flooded & erosion of the bank of the stream, the houses are in danger by the flood. Immediate actions to be taken by the concerned body over there.

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