Due to the lack of electricity, they were forced to walk for hours even to charge their mobile phones. Now that electricity is available, it has become easier for them.
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Locals are in a state of shock after two settlements in Bagmati Rural Municipality of Makawanpur, which have been dependent on electricity for a long time, received electricity. Electricity was switched on for the first time in Bagmati-3, Deujar and Gadan on Tuesday.
Village head Sarkesh Ghalan lit the lamp by cutting a ribbon tied to a pole with a transformer installed. ‘Planning with a remote village at the center yields results,’ Ghalan said. ‘I hope the lamp brightens the future of the children here.’
Due to the fear of malaria, the locals left the plains in 1998 BS and climbed the hills. The Tamang community’s common people relied on tuk-tuks. In the absence of electricity, they were forced to walk for hours even to charge their mobile phones. After the electricity arrived, they have become comfortable. The village has been struggling for basic services including electricity for 80 years.
Ward head Kaman Singh Pakhrin said that there is still a problem with movement during the rainy season. Last year, the target was to provide electricity to the area 17 kilometers south of the village office Jhurjhure and connected to Chandranigahpur in Rautahat. The plan was postponed due to the creek, cliffs and difficult terrain. This year, the local people's labor donation, the municipality's investment, and the support of the Electricity Authority have enabled the village to be electrified, said Ward Chairman Pakhrin.
Electricity lines have now been connected to 62 houses in Deujar and 17 in Gadhansir. The authority had provided poles, wires, and transformers. The rural municipality had built the necessary infrastructure for the three-phase line. Locals had carried electricity poles from the market to the village.
'After lighting the lamp, there is no need to leave the village anymore,' said local Dil Bahadur Pakhrin, 'Electricity has also come to the village, and roads have also come. Now there is hope in the village.' The two villages had not developed due to their remote geography and small settlements. According to Pakhrin, most of the youth here go out to work.
