Nepal Flood July 2019 – Report from Changu

Rising water level in a stream at Kalanki in Kathmandu July 2019. Photos of Sanjog Manandhar – Kathmandu Post

We are having heavy rainfall especially in the past 3 days and it is still raining today. Many places in Kathmandu valley and southern Nepal have been flooded.
We cannot reach Bhaktapur (only 8km from Changunarayan) because the main access road is totally flooded and the steep road downhill is full of mud and big rocks.

View of the bus park and the main road flooded in Changunarayan, Nepal – July 2019[

All roads to Kathmandu have been cut off and many areas are without electricity and phone lines are off as well. The rescue teams are trying to reach these areas by helicopters.
There are reports of landslides from villages where our relatives live in the areas of Kavre and Sindhupalchock, also few casualties were reported. Today we managed to talk to our families and friends on the phone and they are safe. The fields are covered in mud and stones, and the crop are damaged or lost and they have a total blackout since days. The electric poles are very dangerous in Nepal especially in case of floods.
Here some pictures from Kavre taken by the relatives of Mira and Kabita, two of our dear master artists.

 

Following few videos showing the magnitude of the flooding – Videos by Sanish Jalmi Maharjan.

It is still raining, but less and the weather should get better in the next days as we keep our hope high.

There is a saying in Tibetan: “Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.”
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.
~ the Dalai Lama

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Namaste.