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Rolpa: Where students still walk over 2 hours to school
Published On: February 22, 2018 09:45 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Feb 22: Bhumisara Gharti, a student from Rimsa village wakes up at five in the morning every day. Yet, because of the household chores, it is challenging to get ready for school by eight pm. Cooking, moping, washing and even taking care of cattle are some of the responsibilities she has to take care of. Sometimes the rush is so grueling that she doesn't find time for eating and leaves for school with an empty stomach.
Rolpa locals deprived of allowance since eight months
Published On: February 22, 2018 08:21 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Feb 22: The second trimester of the current fiscal year is about to end but the locals of four rural municipalities of Rolpa are yet to receive the first tranche of social security allowance.
Alternative coaching class for school dropouts
Published On: February 15, 2018 03:27 PM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Feb 15: An alternative coaching class has been organized for school dropouts in a bid to bring back them to school in the district.
Bomb blast in Ncell Tower
Published On: February 13, 2018 11:59 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Feb 13: An unidentified group has detonated Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) in Ncell Tower at Kochang, Madi Rural Municipality of the district.
Damai community struggling for livelihood
Published On: February 12, 2018 07:24 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Feb 12: They have a deep connection with music. They say that they learned it while in their 'mother's womb'. Children from poor and marginalized families of Damai community in the remote villages of Rolpa follow their traditional occupation of playing traditional musical instruments during social occasions instead of going to school.
Village turns green in Rolpa
Published On: February 7, 2018 01:54 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Feb 7: Inspired by the idea of creating a clean and eco-friendly village, almost all the houses of ward no 3 of Sukidaha Rural Municipality of Rolpa have been painted green. According to ward chief Kamal Raj Oli, around 90% of the total 850 households of the ward have turned green
Promises of federalism fail to woo the poor
Published On: February 6, 2018 07:10 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Feb 5: People in towns and villages have felt sheer changes in their day-to-day life following the implementation of federalism across the nation. Land prices have skyrocketed; tea shops, hotels, eateries have been doing brisk business. The change in governing order has touched almost everyone even in the remote areas like Rolpa.
Cases of child marriage on the rise in Rolpa
Published On: January 31, 2018 08:24 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Jan 31: Of late, Ropa district is seeing an unprecedented rise in the number of child marriages. Although no official data has been maintained, it is estimated that around 41 percent of the total marriages in the district are child marriage.
Distressing condition of schools and colleges in Rolpa
Published On: January 28, 2018 08:40 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Jan 28: The education system in Rolpa, one of the most underdeveloped districts in the country, is in dire need of urgent reforms. There have been cases of severe negligence in most of the education institutes of the district. However, all of the concerned stakeholders remain untouched with the alarm, some stakeholder claim.
Five teachers for one student in Rolpa campus
Published On: January 27, 2018 06:52 PM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Jan 27: The education system in Rolpa, one of the most underdeveloped districts in the country, is in dire need of urgent reforms.
Local units prioritizing child rights in Rolpa
Published On: January 20, 2018 03:06 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Jan 20: As the number of conflict victims, dropouts and child laborers has increased in Rolpa, the number of students is decreasing in schools. Considering this, a child protection committee has been formed in each ward of Triveni Rural Municipality of the district.
Academic year ends in 2 months, only 50% course completed
Published On: January 13, 2018 01:39 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Jan 13: The current academic year will end soon but students are yet to be taught more than half the course in most schools of Rolpa district. However, this is not the first time that such a situation has arisen. Every year, students in Rolpa are compelled to appear in the final exams without completing their course, showing the sorry state of the education system here.
Medicine crunch hits health facilities in Rolpa
Published On: January 7, 2018 09:02 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Jan 7: Access to medical services has always been a matter of struggle for the locals of Rolpa. Lack of adequate number health centers force people from several remote areas of the district to visit the district hospital. However, the District Hospital is also in equally sorry state. Neither is it equipped with necessary tools and machines nor is it able to provide free medicines to the people.
Local unit in Rolpa struggling to deliver services
Published On: January 4, 2018 06:00 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Jan 4: Local level elections were held in Rolpa with equal fervor as in any other part of the country. People had eagerly waited for the local level units to be in place with anticipation to get quicker and better service right in their locality.
Rolpa officials under fire over names of municipalities
Published On: December 27, 2017 07:45 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Dec 27: Local level representatives of Rolpa district have courted controversy for sidelining important works in health and education sectors as well as infrastructural development and instead of being involved in other contentious activities.
Chief wants rural municipality named after his dead wife
Published On: December 23, 2017 02:50 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Dec 22: Ganga Oli, the wife of Bir Bahadur Khatri, the chairperson of Sukidaha Rural Municipality, died during the Maoist insurgency. His relative Dev Bahadur Oli also met the same fate. Now, when the renaming of the rural municipality is under consideration, Khatri wants it to be named after his dead wife and relative. He has proposed to rename the rural municipality as 'Ganga Dev Rural Municipality'.
Nepotism rife in Maoist party in Rukum, Rolpa
Published On: December 16, 2017 10:39 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Dec 16: Nepotism has been rampant in the CPN (Maoist Center) in Rolpa and Rukum districts, the cradle of the decade-long Maoist insurgency that started in 1996 demanding restructuring of the state.
Security challenge to ballot boxes in Rolpa
Published On: November 30, 2017 06:01 PM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Nov 30: Even though the first phase elections to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly were over, the concerned body is facing a security challenge for safe-keeping of the ballot boxes.
Former speaker and minister cast thier votes in Rolpa (Photo feature)
Published On: November 26, 2017 10:14 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
Former speaker of Parliament Onsari Gharti Magar and her husband, former minister Barsaman Pun cast thier vote in Madichaur polling booth, Rolpa.
Voters in Rolpa desperately waiting for Sunday's elections
Published On: November 26, 2017 04:00 AM NPT By: Dinesh Subedi
ROLPA, Nov 26: After months of waiting and anticipation, Rolpa the origin of the decade-long Maoist insurgency, is ready for the parliamentary and provincial polls.
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