A total of 40 Palpa locals and 45 wedding attendants from Pyuthan fall sick after consuming food at the feast on Saturday.

Twelve others were injured in the incident, police said.

Authorities concerned have offered assurances but haven’t done anything to resettle the displaced victims yet, they say.

Residents are forced to use murky water from rivulets, raising public health concern.

The students who are forced to walk six hours daily said their studies have taken a hit. Some have opted to drop out.

The jeep was carrying pilgrims returning from Swargadwari temple.

Eight people died when a jeep carrying a wedding procession swerved off the road at Gaumukhi Rural Municipality-6 in Pyuthan on Saturday.

The project was initiated with an aim to irrigate around 239 hectares of farmland in Swargadwari but given the lengthy delay, farmers have lost all hopes for the project’s completion.

More than a dozen sandalwood trees were stolen from the Pyuthan village in the past six months.

Around 70 households are at risk and need immediate relocation, officials say.

Around 70 households in the area are at risk of landslides and need to be relocated immediately, officials say.

Farmers in Pyuthan Municipality are seeking government help to protect their fields that the Jhimruk river has been turning into dry desolate land.

The landslide of July 25, 2016, killed 27 individuals and displaced around 200 families.

Haphazard construction of roads using heavy machinery is also one of the leading causes behind landslides, officials say.