The village situated in the middle of forests of Parsa and Chitwan national parks does not have basic infrastructure and facilities.

As many as 285 cases of death by drowning were reported in the province in the last 27 months.

Child marriage, which is illegal in Nepal, is still common in the community leading to unregistered births of children from underage marriages.

Spur number 9.79 at Banarjhula in Tilathi Koiladi has been seeing continuous erosion over the last few days.

The settlement in Balwa Municipality-4 is one of the most affected areas by floods every year.

The concerned landowners said the valuation of their land made by the Land Compensation FixationCommittee was much lower against their current market value.

Two houses were swept away while 35 other houses have been inundated.

Around 5,000 families in Rautahat have been affected by the delay. Officials say they lack funds to finish the homes.

Mishra will succeed Rajhesh Jha, who was appointed to the post by the KP Sharma Oli government.

In the absence of a ventilator, critical patients of snakebite in Bardibas are sent to other places for treatment.

Health institutions in all eight districts are seeing a rising number of patients with coronavirus-like symptoms.

The breach has put several settlements in the district at risk, according to officials.

It has been raining continuously for the past few days, leaving several settlements at risk of floods and inundation.

Around 500 houses inundated at several settlements of Saptari district.

Security personnel lobbed two dozen tear gas canisters to contain the situation after a violent clash ensued between rival political parties in Maulapur Municipality of Rautahat district on Thursday.

Most of the settlements in the district are prone to floods and inundation in the absence of proper embankment along the rivers and a lack of water outlets.

Floods in Bagmati and Lalbakaiya rivers had breached embankments and inundated settlements in Rautahat last year.

Province 2 Police Office has formed a three-member team led by Superintendent of Police Krishna Prasai to investigate the incident.

Unlike last year, the local federal units in Province 2 have not set up quarantine and isolation facilities, nor initiated contact tracing and mass testing, health workers say.

Jagarnathpur Rural Municipality in Parsa has urged authorities to dispatch a team of medical specialists after scores of villagers were down with coronavirus-like symptoms.