Most of the children from Baku Village Development Committee in Solukhumbu district have been found leaving their classes just to fetch a pot of water.

As many as 51 drinking water sources at two VDCs in Gorkha district have been found to be contaminated.

Babiyachour (Myagdi), May 9: The second-phase Western Nepal Rural Drinking Water and sanitation Project has been launched to increase access of Myagdi folks to drinking water and sanitation.

The water distributed by the Nepal Drinking Water Corporation (NDWC), Biratnagar, has excessive presence of coliform (a harmful bacterium).

The second-phase Western Nepal Rural Drinking Water and sanitation Project has been launched to increase access of Myagdi folks to drinking water and sanitation.

Number of patients suffering from diarrhoea has increased at the District Hospital, Darchula.

There are 226 HIV/AIDS infected people so far in Baglung district.
According to statistics of the District HIV/AIDS Coordination Committee, of them 99 are men and 97 are women.

The District Hospital in Parasi, the district headquarters of Nawalparasi has been receiving an increasing number of viral fever patients.

The National Transmission Line of electricity is yet to reach Dhaubadi-1 of Nawalparasi but the homes here are all lit with wind energy.

Forest fires have broken out in more than 10,000 hectares of jungle in Nawalparasi district.