Khaptad National Park situated at the confluence of four districts—Bajhang, Bajura, Doti and Achham—is a mystical place of ethereal beauty and home to countless Hindu shrines.

Palaces in the district have historical and archaeological significance but most monuments have either been lost or have decayed over time.

Service initiated as senior citizens, people with disabilities from remote areas had to walk for hours to reach nearest bank.

Landslides swept away three houses while more than 50 houses are at high risk in several settlements of the district.

A good number of former bonded farm labourers in Sudurpaschim and Karnali find themselves in the dredges of poverty and privation.

The people of five local units in Bajhang, Doti and Baitadi districts have been hit hard after floods in October last year destroyed the bridge linking Deura Bazaar and Thalara.

Despite frequent wildfires in the uplands of the district, no scientific studies have been conducted in the region.

Disabled girls and women are more prone to getting sexually violated while staying away in chhau sheds.

Over 200 people have perished on their way to pick yarsa across the country in the last decade, according to locals.

Several blind women have fallen prey to sexual assaulters in Bajhang but the families’ apathy and society’s behaviour towards sexual assault victims have kept many of them from claiming justice.

Khaptad National Park has restricted bamboo cutting to once a year, leading to a shortage of raw material for weavers.

The district was disconnected from the national road network for about a month in October last year as the floods and landslides severely damaged Jaya Prithvi Highway.

Lack of detailed study in Muktikot, other villages worsens situation when the actual toll of deprivation is unknown.

As the villages have no transportation services, most of the beneficiaries have to walk quite a distance to receive the social security allowance from the designated banks.

Mothers in Muktikot suffer from lactation insufficiency for lack of nutritious food and lose their babies either in the womb, at birth or at neonatal and postneonatal stages.