Delayed response, insufficient fire engines, shortage of workers and lack of water refilling stations make disaster mitigation difficult.

Reconstruction works were started in January last year.

Leaders of the Maoist Centre say a no-confidence motion will be filed nonetheless and the party will support the Nepali Congress to form a new provincial government.

Dharche Rural Municipality has employed heralds and used radio services to disseminate information in highlands.

Capitalising on high demand for construction materials and negligence of local officials, smugglers continue to haphazardly extract riverbed materials from Daraudi River.

Around 10,000 households in the district do not have access to water supply, according to the Water Supply, Irrigation and Energy Development Office.

Two ministers from the party tendered their resignations on Wednesday.

The local units argue that the delay in allocation of budget by the federal and provincial governments is the main reason for the low development budget expenditure.

The Health Ministry had announced a 50 to 100 percent allowance to Covid-19 frontline workers.

A violent clash broke out at a Holi fair in Baglung on Sunday, leaving two dead and six injured, police said.

It’s been almost a year since the disaster but the displaced families are still living in temporary huts.

Wildfires have been raging in over two dozen community and national forests, wildlife reserves and conservation areas for the past few days.

The road link comes as huge relief especially for pregnant women and the elderly in times of emergencies, villagers say.

Home deliveries are still a popular option in the rural areas of Baglung due to a lack of awareness among the local population, according to the District Health Office.

Many senior citizens were turned away from vaccination centres without getting inoculated.

The pipeline of a drinking water project has suffered damages within a month of inauguration.

Various reports state that the area of Phewa Lake has been shrinking mainly due to human encroachment.

The municipality has been disposing of its waste in the riverbank for the last 17 years for a lack of a designated dumping site.

Buildings and other infrastructure of 15 community schools remain unused and face dereliction for a lack of initiatives to conserve them.

Security personnel along with local villagers have been working tirelessly to douse the flames that started in a forest on Thursday.