Instead of mitigating violence against women on witchcraft charges, Rupandehi’s local unit officials appear to be abetting it.

Amrita Anamol | CIJ, Nepal

Due to lack of ambulance service in Barahakshetra, a municipality of 80,000 population in the district of Sunsari, pregnant women and other serious patients die on their way to hospital.  

Santosh Gupta | CIJ, Nepal

A major dam constructed to stop silt deposition in Fewa lake faced damage due to substandard construction. The remaining three dams are also at risk of collapse. Rs 280 million budget spent for constriction went in vain but no one has been held accountable so far for this loss. 

Shyam Rana Magar | CIJ, Nepal

 Ruapandehi is urbanising rapidly, and all types of land, from farmland to public land are being grabbed and sold. In most cases, the people’s representatives have been found to be involved in land grabbing.

Amrita Anmol | CIJ, Nepal

Nepal’s mountain region is witnessing excessive rain in recent years because of rising temperatures. But these areas lack temperatures and rainfall measurement systems. Climate change-induced disaster risk could be minimized if local governments are technically equipped for weather updates.

Mukesh Pokhrel | CIJ, Nepal

The Karnali government provides ministers and members of the provincial assembly accommodation in its quarters, and to those who don’t get such accommodation—the number of units is limited, the government provides financial compensation. Despite this, public funds are being misused to rent buildings for themselves and their relatives as ‘storehouses’.

Jyoti Katuwal | CIJ, Nepal

Nepal’s apex court has questioned and stopped the employee integration decision made based on federal law. As a result, local and provincial administrations, supposed to be stable and well-functioning, have been severely affected. Krishna Gyawali, Center for Investigative Journalism, Nepal On 10 September 2021, Sarita Sharma (who wanted to be identified with a pseudonym), a […]

In Rolpa, programs ostensibly organized to promote “war tourism” have become a source to fund cadres out of state coffers in the leadership of Maoist (Centre).

Mahesh Neupane | CIJ, Nepal

Thakur Prasad Dhakal, the mayor of Madi Municipality, has made a mockery of rule of law and public mandate—renting out public land and allowing plotting in arable land.

Pratima Silwal  | CIJ, Nepal

In Siraha, various topical committees have been formed in the local units as per existing laws, but almost none of them has held a meeting so far.

Surendrakumar Kamati, | CIJ, Nepal

The District Project Implementation Unit of the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has been apportioning budget to construct school buildings on the basis of faux recommendations of the local levels.

Aas Gurung: | CIJ, Nepal

As much of the country continues to struggle, Nepalgunj Submetropolitan City has shown how to conduct treatment and management of patients effectively.

Krishna Adhikari, | CIJ, Nepal

Private companies awarded for managing public properties under Public Private Partnership (PPP) model have been misusing state properties for private gain as Kathmandu Metropolitan City fails to hold them accountable in accordance with contracts signed with them.   

Himal Lamsal | CIJ, Nepal

Local units, supposed to speed up help, are instead causing trouble for people with disabilities, leaving them bitterly disappointed.

Lakshmi Basnet | CIJ, Nepal

Marginalised and impoverished people of Kathmandu and Lalitpur Metropolitan Cities cannot eat two meals a day. But the local representatives do not care about their issues.

Bidya Rai | CIJ, Nepal

They have fought legal battles, organised protests and held dialogues to snatch their legal rights from the very institutions where they are elected.  

Amrita Anmol, Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal 

While many local governments are yet to understand the value of tourism, some rural municipalities, such as Dharche, Helambu, and Madi, have made remarkable progress in promoting tourism at the local level

Bhadra Sharma, Center for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

People’s representatives in Bajura have forgotten commitments they made before their electorate so much so that many of them don’t even remember their election manifesto.

Nimendra Shahi, Center for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Sixty-two Madhesi Dalits have been killed and 168 Dalit women have been raped in the past 40 months in the province.

Ajay Anuragi, Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal 

Local representatives running the Lumbini provincial government’s ‘Hardawa Smart Agriculture Village Programme’ have submitted piles of fake bills to overcharge for every bit of work done under the programme. 

Devendra Basnet, Center for Investigative Journalism-Nepal