Vehicular movement has come to a halt, leaving the locals of Duhu and Byas to risk their lives by walking through the landslide-prone Tinkar road.

Local forest user’s groups remain mute spectators.

Villagers have to cross the river as they rely heavily on Indian markets across the border for everyday commodities.

Locals make perilous crossings every day nestling into inflated tubes they use to reach Pithoragarh

They blame the Mahakali River Control Project for not paying attention to the construction of permanent embankments

Around 176 women were trained in vegetable farming, hosiery making and Allo (Himalayan nettle) production

The locals came to know about the incident on Sunday morning when the elderly couple did not come out of the house until late morning.

People from Shauka community, who had migrated to Khalanga—the district headquarters of Darchula district—to avoid the cold, have started to climb up to higher areas after the onset of summer season.

Indian authorities have given the green signal to their Nepali counterparts to construct four suspension bridges on Indian territory over the Mahakali River that flows along the border of Nepal and India.

Eleven people died on the spot and another sustained serious injuries in a jeep accident in Darchula on Friday. The incident occurred at Ratakatha Bhir of Duhu Rural Municipality-3 at around 8pm yesterday.

Locals of Api Himal Rural Municipality, Darchula in the country’s far west no longer have to undertake a five-day trek to Khalanga for bank access.

A suspension bridge constructed over Mahakali River in Lali of Lekam Rural Municipality-3 in Darchula district one-and-a-half months ago has yet to come into operation.

Locals have constructed a wooden bridge over Mahakali river that connects Nepal to India at Dumling in Byas Rural Municipality-2, Darchula.

Private sector investment in hydropower projects has been increasing steadily in the hilly districts of far-western region.

At least two persons died leaving 18 others injured after a bus they were travelling in met with an accident at Terchalek of Mallikarjun Rural Municipality-3 in Darchula district on Friday.