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

The 46-year-old man died while undergoing treatment at the Rapti Provincial Hospital.

The prohibition on felling shorea robusta trees has complicated the sale process, even for those toppled by wind, old age, or other disasters.

While the infant mortality rate has been on a decline for the past two years, it’s projected to rise this year.

The injured are receiving treatment at district hospital, police say.

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Jajarkot, Rukum West and Salyan on November 3 killing scores and damaging around 8,000 public and private houses.

The victim, who had sustained serious injuries, died on the way to the district hospital at 1am on Saturday.

In most rape cases, the perpetrators of the crime are usually the victims’ family members, according to police.

The ambitious plan has faced construction delays triggered by budget crunch.

The heavy equipment lost its control and plunged some 10 metres below the road in Syalgaira.

Despite consolidated efforts by the authorities, controlling domestic violence and violent crimes has become a challenge in the Karnali district.

Schools still not priority for local authorities as they are busy caring for displaced people.

Locals say the arrival of doctors has saved them much time and energy.

Children, new mothers, elderly people and patients of chronic illnesses are the hardest hit. Five displaced persons died in Jajarkot over past eight days.

‘It’s unbearably cold outside and none of us had any sleep since Friday night,’ says a resident of Chiuritol in Jajarkot.