- Friday, 9 October 2026
Myagdi, Oct 9: Floods and landslides caused by the incessant rainfall occurred here from September 24 to 27 triggered river erosion. The swollen Kaligandaki River resulted in significant loss of lives and property in Annapurna Rural Municipality of Myagdi.
The water-induced disasters caused six casualties, damaging 60 houses completely and 129 houses partially. Vice chair of the Rural Municipality, Diwa Kumari Tilija, informed RSS that the displaced families were accommodated in temporary shelters built at three locations.
Such shelters are based at Paudwar, Shikh and Sirubari of Kafaldanda. A total of 255 affected persons have been taking shelter in such facilities, while 156 have accommodated themselves in the houses of relatives and neighbours.
The disruption of roadways, electricity and communication services following the disaster has made the life challenging.
The situation has created hurdles to transport essential supplies to the affected settlements, according to the local government. Even the supplies transported by Nepal Army helicopters are beginning to run out. The local government reported challenges in relief distribution due to road blockages preventing access to the shelters.
However, the Nepal Electricity Authority’s Myagdi Distribution Centre has restored electricity service to the areas including the rural municipality centre of Pokharebagar, Nagi, Ramche, Bhurung-Tatopani and Dana after 11 days of the disruption.
The service is yet to be reinstated in settlements such as Shikha and Ghodepani. According to Ward Chairperson of Annapurna Rural Municipality-6, Ram Bahadur Khadka, the disruption of electricity and communication services made daily life challenging for the locals.
The situation has forced the local government to publicly appeal for support for the rescue, relief, rescue and rehabilitation efforts.
Chair of the Rural Municipality, Bharat Kumar Pun, said that it was urgent and challenging to protect the settlement bordering to Mustang district. Floods and landslides led to road depression and triggered landslides at various place of the district along the Beni-Jomsom-Korala road. Damage to homes, animal sheds, drinking water projects, irrigation systems, agricultural areas, and public infrastructure badly affected the daily lives and livelihoods of local people, it is said.
Chairperson Pun added that besides the urgency to ensure immediate relief to affected families, there is a prompt need to conduct technical assessments of high-risk settlements and relocate them to safer areas.
The local government calls for wider support from the federal to local-levels, various organisations and private sector to repair the substantial damages from the disaster. According to him, the local government is unable in terms of resources to bear costs for repairing damage and loss which is significant.
The Rural Municipality added that ensuring safe housing for the families, protecting and relocating settlements at high risk and rebuilding damaged infrastructure are the concern of the local government. Necessary support from the federal and province governments is expected by it to carry out recovery initiatives. — RSS
