It may be surprising that there are only 12 houses in the entire settlement. 63 citizens of 12 houses are crying for Barmelai, a remote village in Yangwarak Rural Municipality-2 of Panchthar. Burme village is 199 kilometers away from the headquarters of Fidim, that is, it can only be reached by a 5-hour long walk from a place with transport facilities. This village is far away not only geographically, but also in terms of health, education and infrastructure.

Neighboring district Sidingwa rural municipality-1 to reach Burme village in front of Kalikhola from headquarter Phidim to Yangwarak rural municipality center Tharpu to Oyam, Falaincha, Changthapu,  About 100 kilometers through Timatimbu to Beteni by vehicle, after descending, you have to walk again for 5 hours .

Motorway track has been opened from Taplejung side to Paripit Kalikhola Shyamtar.  Going through that road, after reaching Falaincha of Panchthar through the Madhyapahari Folk Road, turn left and cross the Ingwa River, then reach Sidingwa Rural Municipality-2 Sadewa Kalikhola of Taplejung and travel on foot to reach Burma in about an hour .

Since this time, tractors have started delivering food and consumables to Shyamtar. But it is not possible to drive the vehicle during the rainy season . Therefore, not only the materials to the Burmese village but also the common people who are sick in that area should be carried to Dhakkar to treat them .

The price of the material is also high due to the cost of transporting the material to this place .

It costs 100 rupees per kilogram of rice, 40 rupees per liter of salt and 400 rupees per liter of oil. Not only the road, but the health post that treats the citizens of this place when they are sick and the school where the children go to the 6th standard after passing the 5th standard are not near the settlement . From here, one has to walk to Narayani Mavi in ​​Gangwa and sub-health post in Beteni, which are at a distance of 5 hours on foot.

Timmu Pokhari Basic School in Burma Village teaches up to class 5. Currently 7 students are being taught by 2 teachers. Deep Bahadur Rai, chairman of the management committee of Timbu Pokhari Basic School, says that the students who enroll in class 6 after studying class 5 have to go to Narayani Mavi, which is 5 hours away, and the parents have to migrate to educate their children. "It takes at least 10 hours to go back and forth to Narayani Mavi, there is no possibility of walking from home to school and returning home in the evening, that's why parents who have passed 5th grade have to migrate or leave school," he said. According to him, many students who passed class five have dropped out. 

Most of the citizens of this village raise animals. The people of this settlement have chaunri goth in Phaleke, Gari Dund, Pahade Megu and Timbung Pokhari area . Some of the children who have dropped out of school go to Chounri Goth to help their parents, while some help at home.

Dera's health after getting pregnant

Due to the lack of access to health facilities, the risk increases after the women of this village become pregnant . Most pregnant women do not go to health institutions because they have to travel for 5 hours on foot even for regular pregnancy tests. Most give birth at home. One-and-a-half months in advance, they move to Changthapu, Tharpu or the headquarter Phidim if they feel that the health institution has to go.

Local 52-year-old Chandamaya Rai said that she gave birth to 6 children at home. "In the past, it was not customary to go to the hospital, they were born at home, and after birth, two children died due to illness. I think they would not have died if they had received treatment," she said.

Sushmita Rai from Burma village also told that she lost her child in the womb because she did not receive treatment for two days after she had labor pains. "It was seven years ago, there was pain at home, when the health workers at Bethenny's health post were called, they were late in arriving, finally the baby was lost in the womb, they had to be pulled out," she said. 

Prem Rai, a local in Burma, also said that his three children passed away without receiving timely treatment.

The wave of people leaving the village

There are people living in 12 houses of Burmese village . 15 houses that people have left are locked. Most of them have thatched roofs and some have cattle tied to them. "The generation before us died without seeing a car, we did not go to the hospital when we were sick, we are still alive without taking a single pill and injection," said Prem Rai, another local. 6 . 'The generation of Jijubaje has been waiting for development, we are migrating without seeing the possibility that the highway will be opened immediately, health institutions will be opened and the number of posts will be increased so that children can study up to the upper class,' said Krishna Pyakurel, son of Farsman, who left the village this year. He now works in Falaincha Bazar.

According to Timbupokhari Basic School Management Committee Chairman Deep Bahadur Rai, 10 years ago (until 2071), there were people living in 27 houses in Burme village. This year (in 2081) 2 families namely Farsman Pyakurel and Benuprasad Bhattarai, in 2080 Padam Bahadur Bhattarai, Sri Prasad Bhattarai and Kulprasad Bhattarai, in 2079 Chudamani Pyakurel, Harkprasad Bhattarai, Man Bahadur Bhattarai, Himprasad Gautam and Birkh Rai, 11 families have migrated from here in three years.

Many of those who have migrated from here have gone down to village center Tharpu, Phidim and Jhapa through Changthapu and Falaincha.

Yangwarak-2 has a total of 680 houses. Where the population is 3 thousand 161 . In the election of 2079  There were 2,400 voters across the ward. At that time there were 52 voters in Burma village . Although it is a small settlement, the voters of Burma village  It is a settlement with decisive voters in this ward. They have to walk for 5 hours to reach Beteni to vote.

Although the ward president and ward members they won understand their sorrows, the villagers complain that the candidates and elected MPs never came. "Those who have migrated, it would have been easier for those of us who have stayed, if there was at least one community health unit, a motor road and an arrangement to educate children up to class 8," says Deepak Rai, another local.