Farmers are still in the fields preparing for the paddy plantation season.

The project stopped receiving funds after the country was federated.

The tracks, dug at the initiative of local leaders to woo voters, have raised the risk of landslides in many settlements.

There are around 150 houses and a secondary school in the area that will be affected if the transmission line is to cut through the settlement, say locals.

Officials at Kushma Municipality said around two dozen poles lie in the middle of the roads in Aspatalchok.

Facing a merger, the school management committee urged the municipality to give them a year to improve. The following academic year, the student number increased threefold.

The provincial government plans to replace them all with metal or concrete poles in four years, but the work has not gained pace.

Eight workers died in the last seven months. None of their families has received the compensation amount.

Kushma Municipality had decided to cut down trees, arguing that jungles had increased risks of wildlife in the settlement areas.

The local government operational guideline dictates public hearing be held for transparency and to ensure good governance.

Only 30 percent of the post-quake reconstruction is complete in the district, where the 2015 quakes saw over 5,000 houses demolished.

19 families move into newly built houses after a year of struggle

Most undergraduate students in the district are left with two choices—go out of the district to pursue higher education or discontinue their studies.

While the salary of primary level teachers has reached Rs30,000, that of ECD teachers is only Rs6,000.

The incomplete state of drinking water projects in Parbat has affected more than 10 other settlements.