Disruption of Drinking Water Supply Affected 900 Households in Solukhumbu
The drinking water supply has been disrupted affecting 900 households after the well under construction at the source of the Necha Bedghari Lifting Drinking Water Project was buried by a flood. Rajib Sharma, a resident informed that the flood on July 10, 2024, buried a nearly three feet high well…
School Closure for Three Months Disrupts Education in Thame
Thame Basic School, located in Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality-5, Thame, has been closed for three months, disrupting teaching and learning. The school was closed after a flood on August 16, 2024, which completely damaged its physical infrastructure. Prakanda Neupane, Education Officer of the Education Development and Coordination Unit in…
Khumbu Faces Food and Medicine Shortages After Thame Flood Collapsed River Bridge
Khumbu is facing food crisis after the flood from Thame on 16 August 2024 damaged the Mapya-Khumbu Miteri bridge. Jagat Prasad Bhusal, Chief Administrative Officer of Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality, said that the flood severely damaged the Mapya-Khumbu Miteri bridge, making it difficult for vehicles to travel. As a result, the…
Accused Arrested for Killing Senior Citizen
Police arrested 45-year-old Purna Bahadur Basnet of Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality-2 Devisthan on 20 July for the charge of killing 60-year-old senior citizen Suresh Basnet, of the same Municipality. The aggrieved party has alleged that Purna Bahadur killed his brother-in-law, Suresh, with a Nepalese machete on July 20 while Suresh…
Man Accused Of Assaulting Doctor, Arrested
The police arrested 36-year-old Pemwa Sherpa of Solududhkunda Municipality-5 on the charge of misbehaving with the doctors and health workers of District Hospital Phaplu. Dr. Prashant Shah, Chief of the District Hospital, reported that the accused individual, who came to the hospital for medical treatment on October 2 following a…
Woman with Disability Granted citizenship at the age of 70 years
The Constitution of Nepal, 2072, in Part 2, from Article 10 to Article 15, encompasses provisions pertaining to citizenship. Article 10 of the Constitution stipulates that no Nepali citizen shall be deprived of their right to obtain Nepali citizenship. In accordance with this constitutional provision, Khagimaya Rai, a 70-year-old individual…
Unidentified Group Perpetrated Arson on Excavator
The authorities have reported that an unidentified group perpetrated an act of arson on an excavator located in Thulungdudhkoshi Rural Municipality. The incident occurred on July 20 and targeted the excavator belonging to Radur Construction Company, which was actively involved in the construction of a road utilized by Dudhkoshi Hydropower.…
Unknown Assailants Set Fire to Excavator
According to police unknown assailants set fire to the excavator, No. 2 K 4778, of Khampache Sherpa Construction Service, which was parked while digging the road from Bade to Chikli in Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality-4 on June 21, 2023. District Police Office Inspector, Ram Kishore Shah, said an unknown party…
Three Accused of Killing after Rape Arrested
The police arrested three people for involvement in the killing after the rape of Kumari Rai, 52 of Thulungdudhkoshi rural municipality-7 Deusa Teradukhor. DSP Deepak Shrestha of the District Police Office said that Yuvraj Khatri,20, Bhagidhan Rai, 56, and Charan Rai, 57, of Thulungdudhkoshi Rural Municipality-7 Luruwa are arrested for…
Woman Killed By An Unknown Assailants
Police informed that Kumari Rai, 52, Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality-7 Deusa Teradukhor, was killed anonymously party. Ram Kishore Shah, Inspector of the District Police Office said that Rai may have been killed by a sharp weapon(khukuri) on May 25, 2023. Inspector Shah claimed that it was an intentional homicide as…
