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.

Several local units in the two districts have enhanced the institutional capacity of health facilities and initiated ambulance services for people in rural areas.

Locals are aware of the lockdown and the government’s directive to stay indoors but a shortage of drinking water means they have no choice but to go out in search.

The Provincial Health Directorate had dispatched around 5,000 kits to all 10 districts of Karnali Province last week.

Food supplies are being distributed by the local units among the impoverished population to see them through the lockdown.

Most of the poles are already bent with age and neglect.

The move is aimed to control child marriages in the district, according to Salyan’s District Police Office.

The municipal office reportedly transferred the last remaining teacher of the school to another institution, citing low enrolment numbers.

Karnali Provinces’ finance minister assures to address the problem soon by appointing employees on a contract basis.