Some of the road sections blocked by landslide debris had also suffered the same fate last year.

Haphazard construction of rural roads have raised the risk of landslides and erosions, road engineers say.

The landslide had swept away four vehicles at Sammobari on the Tansen-Ridi road section in Palpa on Monday.

Most choose to work in their own fields or development projects in the villages and seek employment opportunities from the local government.

All 36 quarantined at Sisne in Rukum (East) were sent home without carrying out tests.

How much of the palace’s storied legacy is remaining today? Plan a visit to Palpa to find out for yourself.

The National Vigilance Centre says ownership titles have been tampered with in collusion with employees of District Land Revenue, District Survey Office and the then VDC office.

While a few projects started so far are moving at a snail’s pace, the majority of the pride projects are yet to be initiated.

Currently electricity is distributed between 4am to 10pm to 143 households every day.

Nine infants died within 28 days of birth while the total death of children under five years was 12 in the first three months of the current fiscal year.

Residents have for long complained that the authorities concerned have not taken concrete initiatives to resolve the landslide problem in the area sustainably.

Lack of physical infrastructure, employees, legal knowledge, awareness in the grass roots level are the major challenges behind the poor functioning of the body.

Five persons died when a passenger jeep fell over a cliff at Nisdi Rural Municipality-7 of Palpa district on Monday.

An elderly couple were found dead in a local forest of Mathagadhi Rural Municipality-5 in Palpa, on Sunday.