Kaman Singh Tamang, a quake victim, of Hakku-9, Mailung of Rasuwa district is in no mood of merrymaking. The father of two is left alone to look after his sick children after losing his wife to the devastating quake. Both of his children -15-month-old son Anurag and 26-month-old daughter Ketu have been suffering from fever and common cold for several days."Anurag has not eaten anything for several days and cries all the time," a tearful Tamang, who is worried about the health of his children complained.
His home, cattle along with the entire Mailung settlement was buried in landslide triggered by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake of April 25. Fifty-nine people of his village including his wife, Rubi, were killed in the earthquake. Rubi had gone to collect fodder for the livestock that day but never returned. Even her dead body has not yet been recovered.
Tamang, who has been residing in a makeshift shelter build for displaced victims of Mailung in Naubishe of the district, complained that he has nothing left in the home to celebrate the festival.
"After the death of my wife I am unable to leave the home for work," Tamang, a daily wage earner, said. He said that he even does not have money to seek medication for his children.
Dawa Tamang, who has been residing in the same temporary settlement said that Dashain has not brought any happiness in his life and he has no plans to celebrate. He lost his mother and two siblings in the devastative earthquake.
Dawa recalls leaving for Malaysia after celebrating last year's Dashain, which was the last time he received blessings from his mother. He returned home after the earthquake.
He said that the whole settlement and his entire property were buried in the landslide. "We don't know where to go," he said.
Similarly, Chimendo Tamang, a 35-year-old-woman, who has been residing in the same camp for the displaced, complained that she is left with nothing to celebrate the festival. She lost her husband Wang Singh and 14-year-old son in the earthquake. Chimendo, who used to reside in Kathmandu, had returned to her village just one week before the fateful day of April 25.
She rued that she has no one in her family to earn bread. "I do not have money to buy new clothes for my remaining children," she complained.
She said that she and her children have been eating the relief materials provided by social organizations. I don't know what to eat after this food stuff finishes," she added.
She complained that the social organizations, which had mushroomed after the earthquake, have lost interest and stopped visiting their camp.
The gloomy environment still looms in the whole settlement, as almost all the families have lost at least one member or close relatives.
Their future looks bleak as the local authority, which had committed to help the displaced quake victims, has remained silent about further support. Thousands of people of several VDCs of Rasuwa have been displaced from their villages following the devastating earthquake.
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