The data of the District Hospital showed that more than 9,571 people have received treatment under the programme since its launch in May 2018.

According to the data of the ward office, 296 people paid taxes from their homes during the campaign.

The district’s land revenue office has been carrying out operations online for the past two months.

Underage couples and their guardians will be barred from receiving government services and facilities.

Decades of rice supplies by the government and the World Food Programme have led locals to adopt rice as a staple food, even though it was never an indigenous grain.

Ministry of Forest and Environment has already given permission to conduct an environmental impact assessment in six community forests.

There are 274 birthing centres across villages in the province, yet the plight of pregnent women and new mothers remains pitiable. Only this fiscal year, 40 women have been airlifted.

Most of the roads in the city are unmotorable—causing inconvenience for vehicles and pedestrians alike.

The money would have been better spent on development projects for roads and drinking water, say locals.

The road section was last paved in May 2012, and in just seven years, it is riddled with potholes and cracks.

The idea behind the centre is to create an environment of learning and sharing for senior citizens, say authorities.

Karnali Provinces’ finance minister assures to address the problem soon by appointing employees on a contract basis.

Local units in the district don’t have their own office buildings, and people are not happy about it.

Genuine and sensitive issues are being ignored because most local units equate development with roads.

Teachers at Tribhuvan Jana Secondary School in Salyan say that they lack resources to run separate classes for the deaf students.

The priests will work with the local government, police, women’s groups, child clubs and students to end child marriage in Rukum (West).

The national park has not run development activities and income-generating programmes for locals due to lack of funds.

According to the Education Act, 10 percent scholarship should be provided to children belonging to marginalised groups and families of martyrs.

Police personnel deployed up north have also moved to the district headquarters.

Chandan Nath Municipality alone produces around 40 quintals of garbage on a daily basis, but with garbage collection halted in the area for the past month, locals are having a tough time.