Watch: Excavator digs out UAE Nepali expat's buried house from flood mud
Ajman: The house Paribartan Nepal, an Ajman-based chef, built brick by brick with years of savings from the UAE is now barely visible. The single-storey structure, swallowed by piles of silt and mud in the August 26 flash floods in Nepal, slightly resurfaced on Sunday, its front pillars the only sign it ever stood there. New video and photographs shared by the 29-year-old Nepali expat with Gulf…
In August, flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district submerged the single-storey house of Paribartan Nepal, a chef from Ajman who had built the structure brick by brick with years of savings. The house, barely visible, reappeared on Sunday, its front pillars the only indication of its presence. Relief efforts to dig the house out commenced, with an excavator working through thick mud to reveal the front of the house, followed by the outline of the rooms still packed with mud.
Paribartan's father stood atop the mud that had flattened their plot, alongside an excavator. The once bustling road near his home is now a muddy track, with neighboring larger houses partially buried under silt. Despite searching for valuables, the house was entirely buried under mud, leaving only clothes, national ID cards, and a family photograph as salvaged items.
The family has given up on rescue efforts, staying with relatives while awaiting government support for temporary and permanent housing.
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