While the government has not been able to reclaim encroached land for lack of a fixed lake boundary, the Supreme Court directive to acquire more land could cost Rs40 billion in compensation.

At a time when Covid-19 patients are facing stigma in different parts of the country, people from four villages in Vyas set an example of community solidarity amid this crisis.

The rural municipality has initiated ‘Employment Programme for Relief’ through all its ward offices.

Health officials have a tough time tracing contacts as Covid-19 suspects move freely in the community.

Incomplete road expansion project has made the road section prone to accidents.

A flood in the river in the first week of August had swept away the old bridge, cutting off locals in Ram bazaar from the district headquarters in Besisahar.

Deputy inspector general of Nepal Police will lead the provincial police.

It is impossible to reach every settlement in the villages to conduct classes for students, educators say.

The District Administration Office has also requested locals to stay on high alert after the level of water increased in the river.

The district has made quarantine period mandatory for all returning migrant workers to the district to keep a check on coronavirus infections.

Ministry of Health and Population yet to release budget for a PCR machine even after almost three months of its decision.

The study included those places that the administration offices of the respective districts identified as flood/landslide-prone areas.

The Infrastructure Development Office opened two new tracks in the last month of the last fiscal year to avoid budget freeze, say locals.

Hundreds of vehicles carrying vegetables from Mustang have been stuck along the road section.

The provincial government has allocated budget to nine district hospitals to set up facilities but only two have been able to follow through.

A 65 year-old man was killed in the Baglung landslide on Monday, while a landslide in Parbat claimed the life of a 4-year-old girl.

All five bridges were built some 30 years ago and lack of repair and maintenance over the years have left them riddled with potholes.

Test results of swab samples of 72 individuals sent to Pokhara-based provincial lab on August 15 yet to be released.

The disaster occurred in Dhorpatan Municipality on Wednesday midnight when Bhuji river blocked by landslide debris flooded the settlements along the river banks.

The ambulance was on its way to Kathmandu with three patients when it fell off a cliff along the Waling-Chapakot road section.