Residents of Tallo Jyamire in Bakaiya Rural Municipality-6, Makwanpur, celebrated this year's Dashain in temporary shelters after continuous rainfall on Ashoj 11 caused the ground to crack and damaged homes in the area. Eight houses in the Gargare settlement were completely destroyed, leaving affected residents displaced as they observed the festival in tents and tarpaulin shelters provided by the local administration.
Eight houses damaged in Gargare
The damage followed a period of continuous rainfall, after which the land in Tallo Jyamire split apart. In Gargare, eight houses were completely damaged. The residents affected by the incident could not return to those homes for Dashain and instead stayed in temporary shelters.
The incident affected residents of a specific settlement in Bakaiya Rural Municipality-6. The available details identify Gargare as the location of the eight completely damaged houses, while describing the displaced residents as people from Tallo Jyamire. They do not specify how many people or families were living in the houses, or whether other homes in the area were affected to a lesser extent.
The ground cracking after continuous rainfall left the affected households facing displacement at a time when residents would normally mark Dashain at home. This year's celebration therefore took place in temporary accommodation rather than in the damaged houses. The reports provide no further details about how residents organised their observance or what arrangements they made beyond staying in the shelters.
Temporary shelter provided by local administration
The local administration supplied tents and tarpaulins for the affected families to use as temporary shelter. Those materials provided a place for residents to stay after their homes were damaged and allowed them to remain in the settlement during the period described in the reports.
The provision of tents and tarpaulins was a temporary response to the immediate need for shelter. The available information does not say whether the families received other forms of assistance, how long they had been living in the temporary shelters, or whether a longer-term housing arrangement had been decided. It also does not provide a timeline for repairs, reconstruction or relocation.
Dashain observed amid displacement
Dashain was celebrated this year under circumstances shaped by the damage in Gargare and the displacement of residents from Tallo Jyamire. Rather than spending the festival in their own houses, affected residents marked it while staying in the temporary shelters supplied by the administration. The contrast between the damaged homes and the tents and tarpaulins used for accommodation underscores the immediate change in living conditions caused by the land cracking.
The reported damage is concentrated in the account on eight homes in Gargare, all described as completely damaged. Details about the condition of the land beyond those homes, the safety of nearby houses and any assessment of further risk are not included in the information available for this report. Nor are there details about whether residents were advised to avoid particular areas or given a date for returning to their homes.
For the displaced households, the shelters served as accommodation during Dashain, but the reports do not indicate what will happen after the festival or how residents' housing needs will be addressed in the longer term. The immediate facts are that continuous rainfall preceded the ground cracking on Ashoj 11, eight Gargare houses were completely damaged, and affected residents spent this year's Dashain in temporary shelters provided by the local administration.
