Mustang Earthquake Damages Homes, Schools; Residents Shelter Under Tarps

Mustang. After the earthquake on the night of Bhadra 23, locals, teachers, and students in upper Mustang's Lomanthang Rural Municipality are forced to spend nights under tarps. Eighty percent of houses in Lomanthang, which was the epicenter of the 5.3 magnitude earthquake, have been cracked.The building of the student hostel at Divyadeep School in Lomanthang and the teachers' quarters have also been cracked by the earthquake, making them uninhabitable. Although the earthquake caused minor damage in Lomanthang Rural Municipality, the rural municipality office stated that most local houses in the other four wards of the municipality have suffered moderate to...