Visitors come for the moderate climate, crisp air, and long drives along the serpentine roads of Sindhuli.

Sindhuli District Police personnel raid ashram, but Bomjan was not found.

For lack of proper infrastructure, a school in Sindhuli, like many others, conducts classes under the open sky.

The Chinese citrus fly began invading farms in Sindhuli four years ago.

Immense traffic, especially of heavy goods carriers, has taken a toll on the recently repaired road, road authorities say.

Aside from technical issues, delay in reconstruction work in the district is a result of a long bureaucratic process that has barred them from receiving reconstruction aid.

The initative, supported by the provincial Ministry of Social Development and the Rural Municipality, has been taken to attract tourists to the area.

Volunteer teacher and school help are teaching to run daily classes.

Locals say the authorities have not taken any measures to control deforestation.

Hundred bighas of forest lands at Jhunga in Dudhauli Municipality and Chandanpur in Kamalamai Municipality in Sindhuli district have been encroached upon for building private properties.

After the water source in Dakaha Bazaar in Dudhauli Municipality-4, Sindhuli, dried up a few months ago, they scoured every possible source of water around their settlement, albeit without any success.

The construction of a bridge at Jhunga in Dudhauli Municipality-3, Sindhuli, has been going on at a snail’s pace. The bridge lies at Hetauda-Sindhuli-Gaighat-Chatara road section and connects Hatpate of Dudhauli Municipality-2 with Jhunga of Dudhauli Municipality-3.

Seven people died and about 20 others were injured, some critically, in two separate road accidents in Sindhuli on Wednesday night and Thursday.

Police on Thursday detained two persons from Sindhuli-based ashram of Ram Bahadur Bomjan in connection with the disappearance of Bomjan’s followers.

The local administration has allowed heavy vehicles to ply on BP Highway from Thursday after the Supreme Court (SC) quashed an interim order issued by a single bench of Justice Sapana Pradhan Malla on July 15.