It’s been almost three years since local governments were formed but Junichande residents say they haven’t felt the impact of local governance yet.

Although the government has been running the Safe Motherhood Programme as part of its bid to ensure safe births in remote areas, only a few people are getting benefits from the programme.

Despite the roads being only partially built, the federal government had not allocated any budget to the road projects in the current fiscal year.

Acute shortage of human resource in every department has led to a lull in the productive spending of the development budget.

Genuine and sensitive issues are being ignored because most local units equate development with roads.

According to the Education Act, 10 percent scholarship should be provided to children belonging to marginalised groups and families of martyrs.

The locals collectively incurred a loss of around Rs 40 million in the incident.

Community groups cutting down trees on the pretext of managing old and fallen trees

The priced caterpillar fungus was scarce in Dolpo this year due to frequent snowfall, storms and rains, locals say

The Rangshi section of the Jajarkot-Panchkatiya-Jumla road is currently being realigned to solve a dispute between stakeholders and the local citizens of Jajarkot.

Substandard level of infrastructure in public schools and lack of teachers have affected the quality of education imparted in these schools. Around 85 percent of community schools in the district lack physical infrastructures to support the quality of teachings in classrooms.

Three persons have been missing for more than a week from a highland at Barelek in Jajarkot district.

Two people died in a jeep accident on Panchkatiya-Bulidhunga road stretch in Khurpa of Kushe Rural Municipality in the district on Tuesday.

Jarjarkot Durbar, a historic palace carrying an archaeological significance in Jajarkot district, is in a dilapidated condition and in need of immediate repair.The then King Gajendra Narayan Shah of Jajarkot is said to have built the palace in 1400 BS. The seven-storey durbar was reduced to four storeys by the massive earthquake of 1934. Locals said the historic palace is in ruins due to the apathy of the authorities concerned.

A woman died after receiving treatment at a drugstore in Thalahabazaar, Jajarkot, on Friday.