Landslide-affected families in Sikha move from shelters to relatives' empty houses

Many families displaced by a landslide in Sikha, Annapurna Rural Municipality-5, Myagdi, have left their temporary shelters. They have now started staying in relatives' empty houses.

Most of the families who had been living in sheds and tents at the shelter had arranged alternative housing even before Dashain. According to toll coordinator Deepak Tilija, the displaced have moved to relatives' empty houses and other safe places.

Bhumadevi Sherpunja Pun of Kindu toll also had to leave her house because of the landslide. She spent a few days at the temporary shelter in Sikha. She is now staying with her elder sister, Sunmaya. According to those affected, it has been easier to stay in empty houses than at the shelter.