Nepali authorities, however, expressed ignorance about such movements of people.

Hundreds of hectares of fertile land have been left barren due to wild animals menace.

Locals say there are nepotism and political favouritism in handing over development projects.

Staff unwilling to resume work citing unfavourable environment at work.

A large area of forest cover along the Dadeldhura-Dhangadhi section of Bhimdutta Highway has been encroached upon and occupied by illegal settlers.

Not only Dhanasara, many women in Bhageshwor Rural Municipality have started to lodge complaints and get involved in various development activities.

An overloaded bus plunged some 200 metres off the road at Sahukharka along the Bhimdutta Highway in Dadeldhura district on Wednesday, killing five persons and injuring 34 others.

According to concerned authorities, development plans of the District Infrastructures Development Office and the Drinking Water and Irrigation Office are yet to be implemented due to the shortage of human resources.

Tension ran high in Patan Bazaar of Baitadi on Sunday following a protest by students over the death of a fellow student in a grader accident.

Tension rain high in Patan Bazaar of Baitadi on Sunday following a protest by students over the death of a fellow student in a grader accident. 

Six people lost their lives while crossing the Mahakali river in separate incidents in Baitadi last fiscal year. Five persons died in similar incidents in Dadeldhura the same year.

When Dal Bahadur Saud of Maharuda in Baitadi took his daughter to Baitadi District Hospital to treat the injuries she had sustained in her hands, health workers there advised him to take her to Pithoragarh in India for treatment.

Local judicial committees in Dadeldhura and Baitadi districts of Sudurpaschim Province lack legal knowledge and staff in order to perform their responsibilities effectively.

Residents of Bhawar in Alital Rural Municipality, Dadeldhura district, have been greatly affected by the shortage of water.

Half a dozen villages near the Nepal-India border area in Parashuram Municipality, in Dadeldhura district, are at a high risk of soil erosion.