Caption: Date: 1968 Location: Surkhet Description: View of Surkhet Valley (under clouds) from top of trail towards Dailekh, looking south.Many of the houses in the foreground had been, or would be abandoned, as families moved from higher elevations down into the valley in the burgeoning town of Birendranagar. Once malaria was thought to have been "eradicated" from Surkhet Valley, it was deemed safe to build a new town on the valley floor. Keywords: Alan Fairbank, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, countryside, landscape, town, village
