Around 40 percent of the people in the district have no access to clean water.

Many local units have cited a lack of suitable land plots and delay in preparation of detailed project reports behind the project’s inability to take off.

Around 10,000 households in the district do not have access to water supply, according to the Water Supply, Irrigation and Energy Development Office.

Farmers faced a pest problem as the winter was slightly warmer this year, experts say.

Agri-technicians estimate that maize grown on 30 hectares of land is infested.

While the budget allocated to them is being misused, most farmers in the district remain unaware of the grants meant for them.

According to police data, road accidents in the district have risen by three-fold in three years.

The campaign is being launched in view of the increasing incidents of child marriage across the district.

Commercial agriculture has allowed farmers in the conflict-hit village to rebuild their lives.

Teachers at Tribhuvan Jana Secondary School in Salyan say that they lack resources to run separate classes for the deaf students.

A total of 500 roads have been built in the area, but locals say the roads serve no purpose in elevating their lives.