Kathmandu: Lawmaker of the House of Representatives, Tshering Damdul Lama, has demanded the government to immediately rescue the locals of Tilgaun of Namkha rural municipality-6, in Humla district. Speaking in today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, Lama drew the government’s attention for rescue and to provide relief, saying the locals are at risk due to a landslide that occurred following the outburst of a glacial lake.
According to National News Agency RSS, Lama shared that eighteen families have been compelled to stay under tarpaulin at the farmland. The landslide occurred on May 15 and 16 and had put 18 families of Tilgaun at risk. The HoR member also asked the government to pay attention to it as settlements near mountains are at high risk of natural disasters.