‘We are not animals, government!’: Squatters sift through mud to salvage belongings after shelter floods

KATHMANDU, July 11: As floodwaters receded from the Radha Soami Beas holding center in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, squatters who had been promised safety were left picking through layers of mud to recover their soaked belongings. Clothes, utensils, food supplies, and daily essentials lay scattered after the shelter itself became inundated—the very disaster they were relocated to escape.