Census conducted two months ago put the animal’s number at 1,290, a dip from 2,202 five years ago.

Tamankhola Rural Municipality in Baglung has decided to provide scholarships to one MBBS student every fiscal year on the condition that they serve in the rural municipality for at least five years.

Population growth and pipes in disrepair causing water scarcity in two villages.

Six cases of elephantiasis have been reported in Narayansthan and two cases in Kushmisera in the past 10 months, according to the data of the District Health Office in Baglung.

Half a dozen schools had been conducting classes out in the open since the earthquakes damaged their buildings.

Rs106.2 million was spent on the project that supplies water to over 1,000 households in Baglung Municipality.

Jaimini Municipality to give Rs300,000 to the beneficiaries under the programme.

Service seekers, mostly men, are not used to seeing an all-female staff manning a health post. But for female patients, the health post is a welcome change, health workers say.

The hunting reserve made public a report a few weeks ago citing encroachment of land by 315 families from 55 different settlements.

Several government officials had reached the flood- and landslide-hit areas and announced relief packages but none of the promised funds has come through.

The construction of several small scale projects over the years has not been able to solve the drinking water crisis in Baglung Bazaar that has seen rapid urbanisation and a rise in population.

At least Rs 2.4 million is needed to repair the road but the authority concerned says it does not have the required budget.

The highway has been blocked by at least 20 major landslides, cutting off supply lines.

The chances of getting a scholarship for MD are high if a doctor has served at hospitals in remote districts.

Many women die for want of treatment and maternity care in Dhiri since they do not go to hospitals for delivery.