Gorkha, June 6 -- The Gupsipakha settlement in Laprak-built after the 2015 earthquake to provide safe housing for displaced families-now stands largely empty. Despite over 600 houses constructed at a cost of Rs900,000 each, only around 60 households currently reside there.

The remaining homes have either been left vacant or are used as storage units, particularly for potatoes, rather than for permanent living. Grasses and bushes have taken over the abandoned houses.

Following the devastating earthquake of 2015 with its epicentre in Barpak of Gorkha, the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) undertook the construction of 573 homes in Gupsipakha. The houses were officially handed over to the quake displaced people in 2020.

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