Jajarkot, Nov. 3 -- Three years after a powerful earthquake struck Jajarkot, thousands of families who lost their homes are still waiting for permanent housing. Many continue to live in makeshift shelters, struggling with harsh weather and uncertain prospects of rebuilding their homes.

The magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck at 11:47 pm on November 3, 2023, with its epicentre in Ramidanda village in ward 1 of Barekot Rural Municipality. It killed 154 people, including 101 in Jajarkot and 53 in neighbouring Rukum West, and injured 364 others.

According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), 26,557 houses were completely destroyed and another 35,455 partially damaged in the two districts. Many survivors ini...