Govt moved squatters to ‘safer’ shelter to escape floods; the shelter itself was inundated

KATHMANDU, July 11: A few months ago, the government relocated squatters living along flood-prone riverbanks in Kathmandu to a temporary holding center, saying the move was necessary to protect them from rising rivers. But on Friday midnight, the residents found themselves trapped in the very disaster they were meant to escape after floodwaters swept into the shelter itself.