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Only 7 houses stand in Nepal hamlet after Bhotekoshi floods
The Indian Express··30 Aug
Only seven houses are left standing in 1 Number Pul, a hamlet in Nepal's Nuwakot district, after flash floods on the Bhotekoshi river buried fields and orchards. Resident Dwarka Nath Pyakuryal, 60, said a wall of water hit while he was on the third floor. Three houses are buried in mud up to their second floor.
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What It Means For You
- Residents of 1 Number Pul who survived have moved to higher ground, leaving an eerie silence over the valley.
- Pyakuryal lost rice and maize fields, banana and mango orchards, poultry and a tractor in the flood.
- The hamlet previously had about 19 houses with a population of about 150 people, a temple and a grocery store.
What's Happening
- Flash floods hit the Bhotekoshi river valley on Wednesday morning while Pyakuryal was having breakfast.
- Floodgates of dams along the river, the namesake bridge and a three-lane highway are buried under mud and debris.
- Pyakuryal's cousin Sita lost a daughter-in-law and granddaughter in the flood when she returned to see her house.
How The Trishuli Project Shaped The Hamlet
- The hamlet is named after a bridge that is part of the Trishuli hydroelectric project on the river.
- The Trishuli project was commissioned about six decades ago and was among the first jointly developed by India and Nepal.
- Pyakuryal was about 500 metres downstream from the floodgates of the Trishuli hydel project when the water hit.
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