The government has announced to evacuate all makeshift shelters in Tundikhel by this Friday. Over 800 earthquake victims are currently residing in 68 tents in the open field. Following the evacuation order, victims have been fearing for their futures. Forty-six-year-old Sushil Kumar Sharma, who has been living at Tundikhel under a tent with his four-member family for the past two months says he has nowhere to go. “We are forced to evacuate our tents, but the rented house I used to stay in Naradevi is destroyed by the quake,” he said. Sushil, who sells mobile chargers on the footpaths under overhead bridges and Ratnapark, is searching for a room to rent for the past one month. “I have not been able to find one,” he said.

A single room costs no less than Rs 4,000 per month in the Capital. House owners, moreover, have increased rent charges following the April 25 earthquake, directly impacting people sustaining their lives with manual works. Sushil has been living in a rented room in Kathmandu ever since his father moved to the Valley. “What’s more, the government has not provided me with any relief. I have no idea where I will keep my family after Friday,” he lamented. Quake victims have also complained that the Nepal Army, which is overseeing the place, is forcing up to 12 people under a single tent. The tents can only adjust eight people. However, a soldier, under anonymity, said that it was an evacuation tactic. Four pregnant women and three new mothers are living under the tents at Tundikhel. “I am 10 months pregnant and I have no idea where to go with the baby in my womb,” said Santi Khawas, 37, whose rented house in Sorhakhutte collapsed during the quake.

Following the decision to evacuate the quake victims from Tundikhel, some have however returned to their damaged houses. Kanchi Maya Paneru, 55, has moved her seven-member family back to her old rented house in Indra Chowk. “The house I stay in has a tarpaulin and is supported by bamboos. We had no option but to return,” she said. Pandey also could not afford any of the rented rooms due to the exorbitant fares house owners are charging following the earthquake. She is paying Rs 3,500 for two rooms. Laxmi Prasad Dhakal, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs, defended the government's decision to evacuate the quake victims. “The government has done what it had to do for victims, they should now manage for themselves. They cannot be living in a public place forever,” he said. In the past three weeks, heavy rains had forced over 400 people to leave their tents since the area was waterlogged. According to Nepal Army, following the Great Quake 1,488 displaced people from 51 districts were sheltered at Tundikhel.