Sada families face grim Dashain

Summary

Three Sada families in Rajbiraj Municipality-16 are facing a bleak Dashain after fathers and husbands went missing in floods at the Trishuli-3B Hydropower Project site in Rasuwa and Nuwakot. With little food, no new clothes and mounting hardship, the families say the festival has turned into a period of grief and uncertainty.

Key Points
  • Three men from the Sada settlement have been missing since floods struck the Trishuli-3B Hydropower Project area on August 26 and Bhadra 10.
  • Their families in Rajbiraj Municipality-16 are struggling with food shortages, rent and daily survival ahead of Dashain.
  • Children of the missing men, including Subash Sada and Nibha, are enduring the festival without parents or festive preparations.
  • The disappearance has left the entire Sada settlement in grief and hardship.
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