The team aims to keep in check smuggling cases, set up a border security post and inspect Chainpur-Taklakot road.

The federal, provincial and local governments claim to have resumed an old horse track on the Nepal side this year but locals say otherwise.

Archaic beliefs of the local population that daughters are less than sons have led a majority of women to keep having babies until they bear a son, health officials say.

Electricity poles were installed two years ago but no further work has been done, villagers say.

Dhangadhi airport, upgraded at the initiative of the people, has not only boosted in economic growth but also helped connect the plains and the mountains in the region.

The collateral-free scheme is for those who want to start productive businesses under the Mayor Entrepreneurship Development Programme.

The passenger bus en route to Mahendranagar fell about 500 metres below the road at Khodpe on Thursday night.

Health institutions across the province are running short of funds to continue their fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

The contractor completed over 95 percent of works but hasn’t shown up at site for a year.

The remoteness of the area has encouraged smugglers to use the route to carry out illegal trade across the border, locals say.

Eighty thousand migrant workers have applied for the government grant prepared for only 5,000.

During the monsoon, people have to pay for boat services to cross the river and in winter, they are charged money to use makeshift bridges.

People living in rural regions of Sudurpaschim have no option but to go to Indian cities for jobs as they have no job opportunities at home.

The smugglers killed the policemen and threw their bodies into the Mohana river, said police.

The Sudurpaschim government released Rs 4.5 million amount through Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment to airlift the food stuff to the villages.

Another police personnel who was on the same patrol with the missing officer was found dead in Mohana river in Kailali on Sunday, said police.

Price of even locally-grown vegetables has gone up making it unaffordable, say locals.

The current medical infrastructure and human resources across all Covid-19 specific hospitals in the province are not enough to provide effective treatment, say health officials.

Locals are worried about the possible outbreak of Covid-19, as authorities do not conduct PCR tests on those returning home for Dashain and Tihar.

Over hundred swabs collected in Bhimdatta Municipality are sent to Dhangadhi-based laboratory for PCR testing.