Rukum, June 5: Only nine kilometers road has been constructed in 14 years after the start of the construction works.

The World Bank has threatened to cancel its grants if the blacktopping of Salyan-Rukum road stretch on Rapti Highway is further delayed.

With diarrhoea cases among kids below the age of one increasing in Rukum, the district hospital has sought help from the centre.

Four infants died of diarrhoea in Rukum in the last three days. They died while undergoing treatment at the District Hospital, Rukum.

At least four children have died due to diarrhoea and pneumonia since Friday in Rukum.