Since the criterion hasn't been published in the gazette, old rule determining the margins is in effect, officials say.

Current employees have been compelled to carry out works from a single room.

Although the plan was to construct 109 houses for Dalits in the district last year, construction has been left incomplete due to budget shortage.

The Baglung municipality had enlisted the Malma-Righa link road as its pride project in its annual budget last fiscal year.

Applicants have been waiting for smart driving licences in Baglung for nearly two years.

Passengers are forced to pay anywhere between Rs600 and Rs700 one- way tickets, far exceeding the fare ceiling fixed by the Department of Transport for highway buses.

Locals complain that the smugglers are working in collusion with police personnel and government employees.

The municipality has a total of 27 posts available but currently one seven are employed.

Weavers face unemployment as their traditional products no longer sell.

Repair works start in the winter season only to be severely damaged in the monsoons.

Gairagaun is where the pioneering Dalit rights activist, Bhagat Sarbajit Bishwakarma, was born and started his activism.

The highway remains obstructed after rain-swollen Badigad stream swept away a road section on Sunday.

Three critically injured people were airlifted to Kathmandu.

Pregnant women in rural areas have been referred to district headquarters due to shortage of employees.

Poor monitoring and evaluation is blamed for lack of progress and inferior quality of work.