Residents of Chyangthapu have demanded that the area be declared a “disaster-hit zone” after landslides triggered by unseasonal rainfall left the settlement unsafe.
According to Ward Chairperson Rajendra Khaling of Yangwarak Rural Municipality Ward No. 1, 26 houses are at high risk due to the landslides, while 70 houses remain within vulnerable areas. He stated that locals have demanded that the Chyangthapu area be declared a “disaster-hit zone” as the risk of the settlement being swept away by landslides has increased.
The landslides have affected Thingepur Kopche, Biruwa, Perunge, Chamlingdanda, Ekrate, Kholaghari, and Sundarpur settlements in Yangwarak Rural Municipality–1. Ward Chairperson Khaling said that landslides have descended from above some houses, while the ground beneath other houses has started to sink. The homes of Mahamlal Khawas and Kabirman Khawas of Chamlingdanda, as well as Gangaram Begha of Kopche, have already been swept away by landslides.
Khaling stated that residents are forced to flee to safer places whenever it rains. Although there have been no human casualties, livestock have been swept away, cultivable land has been buried, and cardamom farms have been destroyed.
Earlier, on July 15, 2023, floods in the Mewa Khola and other rivers had devastated the settlement. Locals say the same destruction is being repeated and have demanded an immediate long-term solution from the government.
Former member of the District Coordination Committee Narbahadur Gurung said that fear has spread widely in the affected areas. Floods and landslides have damaged eight irrigation projects, three drinking water schemes, and three suspension bridges. In addition, damage has been reported along the Chyangthapu section of the Pushpalal Mid-Hill Highway, as well as the Faklung–Phalot, Chyangthapu–Samarjung, and Chyangthapu–Lampokhari roads.
Vice Chairperson Baba Menyangbo of Yangwarak Rural Municipality stated that wards 1, 2, and 3 of the rural municipality suffered the most severe damage from the landslides. As reconstruction of structures damaged three years ago has yet to be completed, locals have once again demanded that the Chyangthapu area be declared a “disaster-hit zone” following the floods and landslides of May 22, 2026, which repeated the devastation.