INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MUGU, JANUARY 15Five thousand households in the district are without access to
electricity and the residents are living in darkness
The students have been affected much due to the lack of power supply.
More than 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in the
Israel-Hamas war, Gaza health officials say
Transgender women have been
barred from playing in international women's cricket
There are approximately 5,000 households in the district and of these 5,000 are without electricity
The households deprived of power are managing by solar lamps and burning the traditional dry pine splinter (diyalo) for lighting their
homes.People of these households are facing problem charging their mobile phones and operating other electrical appliances, let alone
running industries.
Similarly, one thousand out of total 2,546 households in the Chhayanath Rara Municipality, the only
municipality in the district, do not have electricity.Likewise, all 3,651 households in Khatyad rural municipality are without power and are
dependent on the erratic solar lamp and the traditional 'diyalo'.The construction of Birabagar Hydroelectricity Project, initiated with the
goal of generating power to supply to all houses in the rural municipality, is in limbo for the last five years.Likewise, the locals of 55
settlements from ward number 1 to 11 of Soru rural municipality do not have power supply to their home
A 60 kilowatts capacity solar power plant has been set up at Sorukot, the rural municipality headquarters, but this is not adequate for the
rural municipality to deliver services.Although the national transmission line has been extended to Gamgadhi, the district headquarters, on
September 11, 2023, locals complained that the power supply through this is unreliable.
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