Kathmandu, Oct. 27 -- Ramchandra Thapa Magar, displaced by the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood, sent his wife and three-year-old daughter to Kathmandu on Sunday, fearing that they could not endure winter at a temporary holding centre.

A resident of Pairebeshi in Rasuwa, Thapa Magar has been taking shelter at a holding centre set up at Bhimsemesthan School in Uttargaya Rural Municipality. When the flood swept away his village and property, he had hoped the government would swiftly come to their aid and relocate the displaced families to a safer place.

But as the wait for resettlement drags on, uncertainty about their future has forced him to make a difficult choice: send his family to Kathmandu to rent a room.

"We never imagined the governme...