Sindhuli, Mar. 30: The Seti mudslide located at Ward no-4 of Lampantar VDC in Sindhuli district has been a matter of concern for people living in adjoining areas since the past 44 years.

The mudslide began in 2012 B .S. and assumed alarming proportions in 2023 B.S. when 10 houses in the area were burried.

Spreading over an area of 19 hectares the mudslide has laid waste 625 hectares of arable land in Bhimasthan, Beldhari, Jarayotar and Lampantar VDCs to the detriment of thousands of farmers in seven VDCs in the Kamalakhoch region of the district, says a preliminary technical report of the local DDC.

Tinpatan area has been the most affected by the mudslide and the entire area may soon be converted into desert if the mudslide is not controlled in time, say the locals.

Meanwhile, a mudslide control committee constituted under the chairmanship of DDC member Eklal Shrestha has begun work towards controlling the mudslide.

Preliminary control efforts have been made through a bio-technology method under which huge bamboo baskets filled with sand and rock are placed at the base of the mudslide hill.

The committee has requested cooperation from DPDP, an international non-government organisation working to control water-induced calamities.

Since the hill is made up of soft natural material like limestone, slate and soft stone, experts are finding it difficult to control the slide. As the mudslide is very huge and impossible to control through district level projects, it should be included in central level projects, said DDC chairman Ramesh Karki.