Karnali Province
Four injured as landslide buries temporary shelters of quake survivors
The injured sent to Surkhet for treatment via a Nepal Army helicopter.Tripti Shahi
Four people were injured when a landslide buried temporary shelters of earthquake survivors in Jajarkot.
The landslide that occurred at around 8pm on Tuesday buried temporary shelters of Bishnu Thapa and Dalsari Thapa in Kuse Rural Municipality-4.
Dalsari, along with her 4-year-old daughter Hastika and 17-year-old daughter Nirmaya, were injured when the mudslide buried their shelter.
Bishnu’s 29-year-old wife, Kamala Thapa, was also injured in the incident, according to Madhav BK, spokesperson for the District Police Office, Jajarkot.
According to him, the condition of two of the injured is serious. All the injured have been sent to Surkhet for treatment via a Nepal Army helicopter.
Over 150 people were killed and over 48 thousand people were displaced by the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit various districts mainly in the western parts of the country on November 3 last year. As many as 34,954 temporary shelters have been constructed so far. The rest of the families are forced to stay either in the flimsy tarpaulin tents or staying in the old house damaged by the quake, according to local officials.