Sudurpaschim Provincial Health Directorate aided by Unicef, has begun a 10-day scientific survey in the district.

Landslides in Achham on Friday killed 22 people. In Kanchanpur and Kailali, floodwaters inundated several settlements and displaced hundreds.

Continuous rain for three days has disrupted the district's electricity and road transport services.

The national park has built a special sanctuary on 59.8 hectares of the park land in Hirapur Phanta, which is home to 203 blackbucks.

The disasters triggered by heavy rainfall have injured at least eight people, police say.

Students, teachers left in the lurch while authorities concerned appear indifferent.

The palace, built 150 years ago by Achhami King Tikabhuk Shah, was ravaged in a Maoist bomb attack in 2002.

Forest officials say locals peel the bark off and harm the roots to kill the trees and are also involved in timber smuggling.

The jeep was on its way to the district headquarters, Khalanga, from Gokuleshwar when the accident occurred at Shailyashikar Municipality-6, Ullani.

Around 50 children are brought to district hospital on a daily basis, according to doctors.

Even if some local units have spent millions, a sustainable solution to the problem remains elusive.

Service initiated as senior citizens, people with disabilities from remote areas had to walk for hours to reach nearest bank.

As many as 537 children in the district aged between 6 months and five years were found suffering from malnutrition in the last fiscal year 2021-22.

Landslides swept away three houses while more than 50 houses are at high risk in several settlements of the district.

A good number of former bonded farm labourers in Sudurpaschim and Karnali find themselves in the dredges of poverty and privation.

A total of 82 pregnant women and postpartum mothers from Sudurpaschim Province have been rescued under the President Women Upliftment Programme in the last three years.

The people of five local units in Bajhang, Doti and Baitadi districts have been hit hard after floods in October last year destroyed the bridge linking Deura Bazaar and Thalara.

The 17-year-old from Byas Rural Municipality fell into river after the tuin snapped at Dumling on Wednesday.

Police fired 12 tear gas shells to bring the situation under control; 12 police officers injured.

A 15-year-old boy from Panchadewal Binayak Municipality had gone missing on May 31. His body was found on June 4.