Increase in public movement has led to a resurgence of coronavirus cases in Kanchanpur, health workers say.

The construction of roads without carrying out environmental impact assessments has put several parts of the district at high risk of landslides, local residents say.

Health workers suspect that many recent deaths in the villages might have been due to Covid-19 but since no testing were done, the deaths haven’t been linked to the virus.

Pandemic brings challenges to regions suffering from lack of proper healthcare system and poor road connectivity.

Most women ward members say the inclusion policy has only served as a token gesture to fulfil gender and caste representation requirements at the local level.

In the last fiscal year, the municipality started allocating budget to each community school to distribute sanitary pads to girl students.

A team comprising the chief district officer and chiefs of security agencies visit remote villages every Saturday to destroy Chhau sheds.

Works on the 16-kilometre road section have been delayed due to a lack of raw materials and skilled human resources, according to the employees of the road project.

Many men who have returned home from foreign jobs due to the pandemic have taken to drinking and hitting their wives and children, police say.

So far, the search team comprising security personnel and locals have recovered eight bodies.

Achham district hit hardest after floodwaters entered settlements killing six people and sweeping away 11 others whose status remain unknown.

Around 20,000 Nepalis working in India returned to the district within the first three months of the nationwide lockdown.

Most children in rural areas spend time roaming around villages, playing in groups or herding their livestock unaware of the risk of contracting or spreading the coronavirus.

Siddhartha Aauji had sustained critical injuries after setting himself on fire in front of Bayalpata Hospital on Monday morning. He was airlifted to Nepalgunj-based Bheri Hospital where he died in course of treatment

The incident took place in Achham after the hospital they were working for decided not to renew the contract of 33 workers. The critically injured man had been airlifted to Nepalgunj for treatment