There are around 5,000 individuals living with disabilities in the district and most of them face difficulties in availing services from government offices.

Lack of trained human resources and absence of proper medical equipment have rendered the health centre at Chhatreshwori Rural Municipality useless, local residents say.

An estimated 100,000 goats are sold during the Dashain festival in Kathmandu, according to the Department of Livestock Services.

Dozens of electrification projects have been left incomplete in most rural areas of the district.

Traffic along the highway is in gridlock after vehicles travelling between the districts got stranded.

Although the government has decided to inoculate people with disabilities, vaccines are not accessible to all in the target group.

Authorities say those found guilty of gender discrimination at workplace can be penalised but they have received no such complaints so far.

The Education Development and Coordination Unit is planning to run online classes in all 500 community schools in the district.

The Rs 37.4 million project lifts water from Mula Khola to the settlements in Bangadkupinde Municipality-3.

Around 500 families in the district are vulnerable to monsoon-related disasters this year, authorities say.

Many daily wage earners in the district are compelled to work in the field every day to make ends meet, putting themselves at risk of contracting the coronavirus.

Local residents complain that the medical fees at the district hospital and private hospitals are the same.

Lack of awareness and geographical remoteness lead women to deliver their babies at home instead of visiting health facilities, health workers say.

The local government plans to build new infrastructure to attract more tourists in the future.

A strong wind had blown away the roof of the school building some eight months ago.