Monsoon Landslide
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Posted by Tina Knight, on 03 Sep 2010 11:29   

A landslide has destroyed a village killing 5 people, two of them school children in the mountain region of Taprang, a district of Tang Ting, Nepal.   Many others have been injured.  Tang Ting is twinned with the villages of Debden and Wimbish.


Almost the entire village was swept down the steep hillside wiping out 72 homes, the school and village hall.   The disaster, which occurred around 9am on 3rd August, has destroyed essential paddy fields, their only means of support, the water supply and access routes to other villages.   It has blocked the river Madi creating a lake which could swell causing widespread flooding and a risk to a further 200 homes.

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It is the height of monsoon season and the catastrophe can be linked to the effects of deforestation impacting on the environment.

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Tina Knight, President of the Tang Ting Twinning Association said “We received the news from the local Red Cross Society and they are appealing to us for help.   The immediate problem is food and shelter and the TTTA are co-operating with other agencies in providing emergency relief to the villagers.”

Readers wishing to donate should send cheques to: Tang Twinning Twinning Association, PO Box 44, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 3ND.