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More than a dozen lakes and ponds in Bajura may soon vanish, all thanks to lack of conservation efforts.

Industry Minister Karna Bahadur Thapa today laid the foundation stone of Maure-Kailashmandu and Maure-Toli-Chatara road sections in Bajura.

Scores of Martadi residents have been hospitalised after drinking contaminated water.

As in previous years, residents of 11 VDCs in the northern belt of Kolti region in Bajura are reeling under acute food crisis.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $23.5 million grant from the Strategic Climate Fund for a project that will ensure water supply to about 45,000 households.

Food shortage has taken its toll in Bajura after the Nepal Food Corporation (NFC) depots in the district ran out of provisions.

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