Migration evacuate villages in Jaimini, Baglung

A landslide that took place above the settlement in Jaimini two years back left two persons dead. Eight houses were buried and dozens went at risk.

As many as 45 families of Jaimini municipality-1, Kushmishera, Tuni were directly affected by the landslide. Migration has evacuated the village of late.

In the same year, a landslide occurred at Piplegaun of Jaimini-9, Painyuthanthap which evicted almost all local households and put seven families at high risk.

Though no human casualty was reported in the disastrous incident, most of the families had to abandon the settlement.

Likewise, a landslide occurred at Ghyura in Payinuthanthap displacing the entire village. It resulted in a huge loss of lives and properties in Damek, Jaidi, and Binamare of Jaimini.

The victims immediately received a token of relief but the long-term impacts of migration caused by landslides, monkey rampage, and development gaps are gradually coming to the fore.

The decline in the population of Jaimini is a burning example of migration taking place due to natural disasters. The 2022 National Census has indicated several phenomena to this effect.

Deputy mayor of Jaimini municipality Harihar Sharma shared that most of the graduates of the 2064 SLC batch of Shanti Secondary School based in Jaimi's center, Kushmishera, have left Jaimini after plus two graduations.

The majority of those leaving their homes for higher studies never returned to their village. He said those reaching the overseas countries, including Europe and the US as well as big cities of the country, also did not come back.

Population decline is also caused by limited employment opportunities in the villages and livelihood options.

According to the National Census, population growth is 2.53 percent negative in Jaimini. The population here has declined to 24,628 from 32,046 in the last 10 years.

Falebas municipality has also witnessed negative population growth. "Population has been found in decreasing trend", shared deputy mayor Sharma.

The trend of internal migration has caused a population decline in Jaimini. Chief of the Health Section of Jaimini, Govinda Acharya said the increasing trend of migration coupled with decreasing birth rate has triggered a population decline. According to the statistics, Jaimini has less than a one percent birth rate. ---