The District Administration Office, Gorkha, has said that rumours of a landslide blocking the Kaligandaki River in Gorkha are false. According to Assistant Chief District Officer Netra Prasad Sharma, while it is true that a landslide occurred in the Chum area, the river has not been blocked.
Sharma said the landslide occurred in the Chekampar area of Chumnubri Rural Municipality, at an elevation of roughly 3,500 meters.
“There was a landslide, but the rumour about the river being blocked isn’t true,” Sharma said.
He added that the administration is gathering further information about the landslide.
Rumours have been circulating on social media for some time claiming that a large landslide beyond Chekampar’s Chaurikharka blocked the Budhigandaki River, which flows from Chum.
Nima Lama, chairperson of Chumnubri Rural Municipality, said that although the landslide had blocked the river for some time, it has since started flowing again. According to Lama, the landslide at Chaurikharka in Chekampar had blocked the Syar Khola, a tributary of the Budhigandaki.
