Flood Victims in Parbat's Forse Spend Tihar Without a Home

Forse bazaar in Jaljala Rural Municipality-8, Parbat district, stayed quiet through the festivals this year. A flood in the Kaligandaki River on 27 September 2026 turned much of the settlement into gravel and riverbed, and many families are still without a home.

The flood swept away 75 homes and sheds. Around 300 people were affected, and hundreds were left homeless. The flood also swept away more than half of the old bazaar area.

Twenty-seven houses are at high risk. Residents have repaired them and are living in them, but they cannot sleep well at night. They fear that another flood could come and sweep them away.

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Many victims first lived in tents above the bazaar. As the cold has grown, they have started to move to the homes of relatives or to rented rooms. They are still waiting for help from the government.

Tikaram Kshetri lost his house and everything in it. He said the flood took his utensils, clothes and all his belongings. He now lives with his whole family at the home of a relative.

He said Dashain came and went, and then Tihar came. His small children ask for good food and new clothes, but he has no money to give them. He said the pain has been hard to bear.

Chandra Kumari Phagami Magar fell ill from the cold while she was living in a tent. She has now rented a room in the bazaar. More than half of her house was swept away, and it is not fit to live in.

She has been eating food given by organisations. She could not even take clothes out of her house. She said the government should build small houses for them to live in.

She is old and cannot work. She asked where they are to live and where they are to go. She said they have no other land, and they need a place to live.