In the past three years, 84 children and three children have died in Rolpa for want of basic health services. More than Rs26 million have been spent on 87 temples and 14 churches.

Mahesh Neupane, Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Local governments, which are responsible for the upliftment and development of minorities, seem to be almost unaware of their responsibility. Local governments’ neglect towards the upliftment of the endangered Santhal community in Jhapa could be a case study.

Arjun Rajbanshi: Centre for Investigative Journalism

Bhaktapur, Lalitpur and Kathmandu have joined hands with local people and experts to restore ponds, indigenous wells, royal canals and stone spouts that face extinction due to rapid urbanisation. 

Himal Lamsal: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal  

The fear of Covid-19 has put the lives of mothers and their babies at risk while giving birth at home. Between March 24 and mid-July, 21 mothers and 51 newborns have died in Province 5 alone.

Amrita Anmol: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Local levels of Dang have spent the nominal budget meant for the construction of roads and toilets for a target-group by purchasing motorcycles and scooters citing coronavirus pandemic.

Gopal Sharma Bhattarai: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

As coordinators and members lack training, education, and knowledge of the law, the committees have failed to fulfil their mandate.

Bimala Gupta: Centre for Investigative Journalism -Nepal

The performance of local governments has been unsatisfactory despite the enormous mandate provided to them, a study conducted by the Office of the Auditor-General claims.

Krishna Gyawali: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

In Bajura, migrant workers returning from India are left without food, shelter and deprived of medical treatment. Some of them were unable even to perform funeral rites of their loved one succumbed to Covid-19.  

Prakash Singh: Center for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Contrary to the constitutional mandate and the order of the Supreme Court, all seven provinces have facilitated the distribution of Rs8 billion to elected representatives from the state coffers.

Ramji Dahal: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Seventeen local governments in Siraha have spent more than Rs 20 million on mask distribution programmes alone. However, on-site monitoring reveals that a single mask was provided to a family of 10.

Surendra Kumar Kamati: Center for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Elected women representatives do not have access to policy-making. This highlights the plight of elected women and Dalit people’s representatives at the local level across the country.

Anjana Chaudhary: Centre for Investigative Journalism

Dharan and Itahari sub-metropolitan cities have made the citizens sick by dumping garbage indiscriminately and polluting the environment.

Gopal Dahal: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Uncontrolled, and mostly illegal extraction, of sand and gravels from riverbeds is killing rivers of Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality because of its failed efforts in awarding contracts for three times. 

Krishna Adhikari: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Women, who have returned from various places, including India, are facing stigma and discrimination from society, including their own family, even after staying in quarantine for 14 days, and testing negative for the coronavirus.

Krishnamaya Upadhyaya: Center for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

The targeted group are reluctant to stay in the government-funded prefab houses as they have been found to be ineffective to achieve the desired purpose in the rural municipalities.

Devendra Basnet: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

The civil servants who got one level of promotion additional grades during adjustment have influenced the people’s representatives and received an additional Rs 5 billion and other facilities in the last three years.

Himal Lamsal: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Elected representatives benefit the cooperatives they are associated with by providing them with hefty sums in the form of grants. 

Akash Chhetri: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

The government has reallocated Rs 25 billion accumulated in the Rural Telecommunication Development Fund meant for expanding telecom services in rural areas to spend in other areas.

Saraswati Dhakal: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

The lack of health centres, schools and roads in the villages means that the villagers have to walk for days even to avail of basic amenities.

Barun Paneru: Center for Investigative Journalism-Nepal

Lawmakers of the Sudurpashchim Province are preparing to complete development work in June/July after their contracts were signed in May/June. They have signed several contracts worth over Rs 40 crore for this month-long development race. 

Shiva Raj Bhatta: Centre for Investigative Journalism-Nepal