Some districts are solely dependent on understaffed and underequipped health desks to stave off coronavirus.

Seti Technical School has also been launching various campaigns to support the local community. A few months ago, teachers and students of the school conducted vasectomy and tubal ligation operation on stray dogs.

The District Administration Office and local governments, however, are not exercising effective mechanisms to check the malpractice, locals complain.

The school took the initiative from this academic session with the help of the municipality.

Those families who were self-reliant are now completely dependent on the market for their daily supplies.

Several local units in the district have distributed budgets under the development heading to political cadres through consumers’ committees.

The government aims to make Nepal leprosy-free by 2020 but every year one or two new cases of leprosy surface in the country.

Most of the hospitals in the district refer patients to hospitals outside the district for lack of blood.

The health centre will provide prenatal check-ups, safe maternity services, immunisation programmes and other primary treatments.

Villages that remain to be connected have been demanding an electricity connection, after roads

Province’s residents are forced to travel as far as Dhangadi to get the procedure done.

The locals in Doti district are working towards preserving the dance and rituals observed during Bhuwo Parwa, a festival they believe is centuries old.

Authorities say they are being compelled to hand over the responsibility of ward secretaries to health workers due to a lack of employees.

They complain about poor coordination with the provincial, federal government, despite the programme inching closer.

Valuable arts, artefacts and statues that adorned the palace have all been stolen.