The jeep skidded off the road and fell some 200 metres down into the river banks.

Seven people died when the bus they were on fell off theroad in Jurikhet, Makwanpur while five people died in another accident in Kyangsi Bagar, Rukum (East).

Local residents have filed complaints at the district administration office about the delay in the project’s completion and the inferior quality of the road.

Several settlements in Rolpa Municipality are prone to landslides every monsoon but nothing has been done to prevent this yearly crisis, local people say.

At least 100 households in Hyang, Kareti, Gunam, Sakhi and Sarpal are at risk of getting caught in the fire.

Most of the areas in Rolpa district are facing telecommunications problems, thanks to telecom companies’ failure to install adequate BTS (base transceiver station) towers.

The injured victims of landmine incident that happened in Dalsinge village of western Rolpa, nine years ago are still living with as many as a dozen shrapnels lodged inside their bodies

Despite the government’s pledge to provide electricity and access road to cement industries, Rolpa Cement Industry, is yet to get the facility.