Cases of seasonal diseases like fever, flu and diarrhoea on rise, doctors say.

Villagers remain wary and question the sustainability of these infrastructural development projects.

Wild animals from the national park frequently enter human settlements in the park buffer zone and destroy crops, even taking lives.

The hospital has only three doctors to tend to the sick.

Eighty-six cases of domestic violence were filed at the District Police Office in the fiscal year 2018-19.

Consumers have been waiting for access to drinking water for the past 10 years.

The municipality has washed its hands off of the problem, citing lack of budget to move the squatters from the riverbank.

Officials blame MK Niraj and Road and Lama Rajendra JV for doing the shoddy job.

Valuable arts, artefacts and statues that adorned the palace have all been stolen.

Local forest user’s groups remain mute spectators.

Villagers have to cross the river as they rely heavily on Indian markets across the border for everyday commodities.

Fourteen girls under the age of 20 became mothers in the area in the last three years, health workers say.

Patients have to be carried on stretchers or in bamboo baskets to reach District Hospital in Chainpur

In many parts of Nepal, new mothers are considered “untouchable” until the eleventh day of delivery.

In Kailali, 158 people contracted the mosquito-borne diseases in the last fiscal year.

Students move to the highlands to collect Yarsagumba for three months--from mid-April to June-end--every year, leaving schools empty.

11 years since the declaration of emancipation, the haliya rehabilitation is yet to gain momentum.

Women prefer to give birth at home because they lack awareness on reproductive health.

Enrolling students with special needs is just one way to bring them into the system; keeping them in school remains a bigger challenge.

Opening pathways and building roads have caused natural water sources to dry up, locals say.