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Flood-hit villages in Nepal’s Rasuwa district plead for food and rescue

From Kathmandu Post · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Aamachhodingmo Rural Municipality in Rasuwa has remained cut off since the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood destroyed roads, suspension bridges and other links to markets.
  • Residents report that food and basic goods have run out, while patients lack medical care and helicopters remain the only way to reach the area.
  • Families in the affected villages are grieving missing relatives and urging authorities to deliver food, medicine and rescue assistance.

Pasang Mendo Tamang repeatedly faints after her 21-year-old son, Binay, disappeared in the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood. Her husband, Namsi, says she has barely eaten, remains consumed by grief and needs hospital care, but the family is trapped in Thulo Haku.

Aamachhodingmo Rural Municipality, one of the worst-hit parts of Rasuwa, has been completely cut off. Floodwaters and debris destroyed roads, suspension bridges and tuin crossings linking the area with the rest of the country. Helicopters are now the only means of access.

She has hardly eaten anything since. She keeps crying, and I fear she could die from the grief.

· Namsi TamangHe described his wife’s condition after their eldest son went missing in the flood.

Namsi had travelled to the village to find money for his father’s heart treatment when the flood left him stranded. His father later left Bir Hospital, and his parents took shelter with relatives in Machhegaun, Kirtipur. They too are distressed because Binay remains missing. Of Pasang and Namsi’s three children, only a 13-year-old and a five-year-old remain.

If possible, please help rescue us from here. Food supplies have run out. There is hardly anything left to eat. Even the salt has run out, and there is nowhere to buy it.

· Namsi TamangHe appealed for rescue and food for his stranded family.

The losses extend across the village. Both sons of Pasang’s brother-in-law were swept away, and a niece is missing. Residents say it is difficult to find a household that has not lost a relative or child.

Local shops have run out of essential goods, and government relief supplies have not reached the municipality. Villagers rush outside with bags whenever they hear a helicopter, hoping for rescue. “People from my area call and plead saying, ‘at least bring us salt and oil. We will boil potatoes and eat them,’” said rural municipality chair Buchung Tamang. He said he receives hundreds of calls each day asking for food aid and has no answer for them.

People from my area call and plead saying, ‘at least bring us salt and oil. We will boil potatoes and eat them.’

· Buchung TamangThe rural municipality chair described residents’ urgent requests for basic food supplies.

Tamang warned that food must arrive immediately or even potatoes will run out, creating a famine-like situation. Residents remain trapped without market access, while patients are dying without medical assistance.

If we cannot deliver food immediately, even potatoes will be out of stock. A famine-like situation could arise.

· Buchung TamangHe warned about the consequences of the continuing blockade of food supplies.
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Originally published by Kathmandu Post in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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