Kirtipur Holding Center Flooded, Residents to be Relocated

Kathmandu. Due to continuous rain since Friday night in the Kathmandu Valley, the 'Radhaswami Holding Center' in Sundarighat, Kirtipur Municipality-10, has been submerged, and the squatters kept there will be relocated to Kharipati, Bhaktapur. According to Machakaji Maharjan, Project Director of the Empowered Bagmati Civilization Integrated Development Committee, 65 families are being moved to a safe place because floodwaters have entered the center. Project Director Maharjan of the committee stated that the affected people are being taken to Kharipati to keep them safe after floodwaters entered the center in Kirtipur. 'We have now cleared space in our Kharipati holding area,' said Project Director Maharjan. 'We will likely take the affected people from Kirtipur there and make the necessary arrangements.' The committee had previously issued a notice to vacate the holding center, providing 25,000 rupees per family as the first phase of relief and rehabilitation for squatters to move to a safe place and find their own rooms. However, they were hesitant to leave the center and remained in the same place. Project Director Maharjan said, 'We have been saying for the past few days that they need to be moved. The relocation was slightly delayed only because they were reluctant to move.' According to him, the committee had initially planned to arrange house rentals for those who could manage on their own and to house the disabled and incapacitated individuals in a safe place provided by the government. However, due to the sudden flood and the creation of a disaster situation, all affected individuals are now being moved to Kharipati.