by Basant Pratap Singh in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 4, 2023Chatte Bohara, a local of Rupatola in ward 3 of Talkot Rural Municipality, has been working as a construction worker at the 40-kilometre Rupatola-Dhuli road section under the 117-kilometre Chainpur-Taklakot road for five years. He says he has not received his daily wages for the last four years. More than 150 other workers have not received their wages for over a year while some have…
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by Anish Tiwari in The Kathmandu Post, June 28, 2023Sangdo Maya Hyolmo, a 43-year-old woman from Hyolmo Tole in ward 1 of Helambu Rural Municipality, lost her house to the floods that wreaked havoc in the rural municipality two years ago. Hyolmo has since been living in a temporary shed at Ghyangual in the same ward. According to Hyolmo, there are around 200 displaced people like her living in temporary shelters in Ghyangual. “Those who…
by Tika Prasad Bhatta in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 21, 2023Ishwar Shrestha, a 13-year-old eighth-grader at the Hulakdada Basic School in Hulakdada, Manthali Municipality-6, is worried about his secondary education as there are no schools in the village that provide education above the eighth grade. One has to walk at least three hours to reach the nearest secondary school in Bhangeri. Hulakdada is situated in a difficult geography; it takes several hours to go from…