Flood and Landslide in Karnali: 35 lost their lives, 2,900 Households Displaced
Due to the extreme flood and landslide that occurred on October 5, 2022, 35 people lost their lives in eight out of 10 districts of Karnali Province. According to the Karnali Province Police Office, Surkhet, 35 died in floods and landslides that occurred from October 5 to October 12. Besides…
Accused of Rape Arrested
Police have arrested Kali Bahadur Nepali, 27, of Guthichaur Rural Municipality- 3, on the charge of raping a 23-year-old woman. He was arrested from Chandannath Municipality-7, Michagau on August 10, 2022. The victim was raped on August 8 and the complaint was filed at the District Police Office on August…
Four Children Injured After the School Building Collapsed, Education Affected
The building of Saraswati Basic School in Hurimahari-3 in Patarasi Rural Municipality in the eastern part of Jumla has collapsed and four students have been injured as well as the education has been affected. Students were injured when the school building collapsed on August 7, 2022, while classes were ongoing.…
Crisis of Doctors and Health Workers Leads to Closure of COVID Hospital
The temporary COVID-19 hospital in Jumla has closed due to the crisis of doctors and health workers. Apart from the Chandannath municipality, there are seven rural municipalities which have COVID-19 hospitals. Those hospitals have oxygen cylinders, concentrators and some medicines. Due to the lack of doctors and health workers in…
Lack of Deworming Medicine in Shanigau Health Post from One Month
There is a lack of deworming medicine in the Shanigaon health post of Sinja Rural Municipality in the northern part of Jumla. Consumers have complained that there is a problem at the health post due to the lack of deworming medicine for a month. During the Monsoon season diseases caused…
Misbehaviour Against Students with the Excuse of Being Undisciplined
The teachers of Deurali Secondary School in Tila Rural Municipality-8, Jumlakot, have been accused of cutting the hair of four students of grade nine and misbehaving with them in front of their classmates for not following the discipline of the school. According to the victim students, their hair was cut…
Scarcity of ORS at Health Posts in Patarasi
The health post of Patarasi in Jumla district has been experiencing a scarcity of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS). There has been a scarcity of ORS from the last month after which the beneficiaries face problems. Monsoon is the season of various water-borne diseases. Mun Maya Bohora, a local, says, the…
Accused of Rape Arrested
Agni Prasad Dhamala Sharma, 55, of Bistawada in Sinja Rural Municipality-2 has been on June 7 on the charge of raping a 37-year-old woman. Police arrested the accused from his house. According to the complaint, the accused Sharma raped the victim while she was on her way to Kathmandu from…
Clash Between Congress and Maoist; 14 Injured
Around 14 people have been injured in a clash between Nepali Congress and Maoist cadres at Litakot village in Tatopani rural municipality-3 of Jumla district on April 29. The injured have been discharged after treatment at Karnali Health Sciences Academy Teaching Hospital, Jumla, said Constable Jagannath Khadka of the Hospital…
Clash Between Maoist Cadres; One Injured
In a clash between the cadres of Maoist, a person was injured in Hima Rural Municipality. According to the police, there was a scuffle between the two parties over the issue of receiving ticket for the local level election’s candidate. The clash took place after the CPN-Maoist received tickets for…
