Lack of budget, contractors’ negligence and corruption complaints are cited as the reasons behind the delays in construction.

The contract for the bridge was signed in 2017, with a three-year completion target.

One year on, thousands are still awaiting promised relief funds for temporary shelters, struggling to cope with inadequate support and reconstruction delays.

All injured taken to Rapti Provincial Hospital for treatment, police say.

The jeep plunges 25 metres off the road, causing casualties, police say.

Work to clear debris at Ramri and Tateli areas is underway, police say.

The 56-year-old man was hit by lightning while herding cattle.

Though a total of Rs50 million has been spent for the lake’s management over the past two decades, efforts towards that have become ineffective.

Reckless use of heavy equipment for roadbuilding, along with November earthquake blamed for weakening land’s topography and increasing landslides.

Health workers and local officials attribute rising cases to hot weather, consumption of polluted water, and poor living conditions.

The duo, aged 18 and 20, were found to be in possession of 60 milligrams of the contraband drug.

The accused assaulted his wife with a hammer and an axe before hanging himself, police say.

The 24-year-old was arrested after the victim’s relatives filed a complaint to the police.

Over 50 homes and sheds reduced to ashes, three injured. The fires started in mid-April and have been reported in 127 places so far in the district.

In Salyan’s Kaprechaur village of around 500 households, over 350 have applied for migration permission.