By: Surendra Gaudel

Syangja: Dalits living in Lamdanda village of Arjunchaupari VDC-6 12 km away from the district headquarters are reeling under acute shortage of drinking water. Dalits are migrating to other places due to the shortage of drinking water in their village.

Khotang: A costly drinking water project has been in limbo for years, causing inconvenience to thousands of consumers. Asian Development Bank had constructed the Tapkhola Drinking Water Project at the cost of Rs. 10 million some 15 years ago but the project’s water canal collapsed within few days of operation.

By: Bhimsen Thapaliya

The government recently gave the security men a completely different role. The armed police personnel were busy in the metropolis, not carrying arms and patrolling but holding shovels and hauling the heaps of garbage into the tripper trucks waiting by the side. They defied the stink, swarms of flies and did their job, drawing appreciation from the public.

The local bodies’ unions have finally called off their strike. While the employees of the local bodies were on strike the common people had to suffer. As a consequence, garbage was strewn on the streets uncollected. They posed a serious health hazard apart from emitting odious stench.