Nepal, Sept. 18 -- Deep into the forest of Bashkharka, in Sindhupalchok, lie several rows of blue tents. It is where the survivors of the Lidi landslide in August this year have been relocated. Each tent has a sack of rice, some cooking pots, and tarpaulins used as carpets and shield from the cold of the moist soil.

Resham Dong, one of the inhabitants in the tent settlement, sits on the ground in front of his tent, looking over the hills. Seven of the 36 people who died in the Lidi landslide, were family members of Dong and he is reeling under the emotional toll of the disaster, but the problems at this temporary settlement are more immediate. His tent leaks when it rains.

"Since the earthquakes of 2015, we have been moving here and the...