21 thousand families of 31 wards in Salyan are out of reach of electricity

Similarly, since the line could not be extended in various settlements of Bangad Kupinde Municipality-11, they have not been able to turn on the lights in other settlements of the ward except Baluwasangri and Rackarbasi.

There are 83 wards in Salyan, which has 10 local levels consisting of three municipalities and seven rural villages. It has been 37 years since the authority's office was operated in the district and electricity was turned on. Although the authority has been working on electrification every year, 21,500 families in 31 wards of Salyan, which has 54,000 households, are out of reach of electricity. 21 thousand families have been forced to live in poverty due to lack of sufficient budget, geographical difficulty and not being able to work at a regular pace.

According to the Salyan office of the Authority, out of 8898 households in Sharada Municipality, 511 of wards 10, 11, 13, 28 hundred 5 of Wards 3, 7, 8, 9 of Bagchaur municipality with 74 hundred and 98 households, 48 ​​hundred 77, 49 hundred 72 of Ward 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 of Bangad Kupinde Municipality with 74 hundred 28 households. Kalimati Ward where there is a house 1, 5, 6, 7 of 33 hundred 63, 12 hundred 75 of wards 1, 3, 4 of Siddhakumakh with 28 hundred and 98 households, 31 hundred 14 in Dharmaka 3, 4, 5 with 42 hundred 64 households, Wards 4, 5, 7 of Kumakh with 5491 households, 3489, Chatreshwari Ward 1, 4 with 5139 households, 728, Tribeni Ward 4, 5, 6 with 4110 households, 716 and 39 In Kapurkot Rural Municipality, which has 174 households, 935 families are out of reach of electricity.

Ward president Mitralal Rizal said that despite the line extension work three years ago, more than 600 families of Kalimati Rural Municipality-7 have not been able to turn on electricity because the substation is not near. He said that even now they are forced to use local solar tuki and lanterns as they are not able to connect the electricity lines. He said that even though the process of constructing the substation in Kalimati-4 has been advanced after repeated requests, it is unlikely that it will be completed immediately, so the locals will have to wait for a few more years for electricity.

Bangad Kupinde Municipality-11 Ward President Veer Bahadur Budhamgar said that although lights have been lit in the sand collector and racker for some years, the other slum dwellers of the ward have not been able to light the lights. He said that out of a thousand households in the ward, more than 700 families are out of reach of electricity. We have repeatedly demanded for lights. It was heard that the contract was done last year under the budget, but it is not seen that the contractor has worked," he said. He said that even if Salyan will be fully electrified in 2082, the chances are low.

Bhuvan Rana of Kumakh Rural Municipality-4 said that even though it has been 3/4 years since the electricity reached the nearby settlements, they have not yet received it. "Due to the lack of lights, children have neither been able to study well at night, nor have they been able to manage household chores and small household businesses." There is a situation where you have to go to the neighboring slums even to charge your mobile phone,' he said.

Even if the Salyan district is to be completely electrified by June 2082, Dinesh Paudel, head of the Salyan Authority, said that 21,000 families in the district have not yet been able to turn on the lights because the budget of 100 million per year cannot be implemented in all places of the district. The total population of the district is 54 thousand 672 So far, 60 percent of 32 thousand 868 households have been able to turn on the lights, he said.

'It seems that 68 crores will be required for complete electrification of the district, the government allocates 9/10 crores every year . How can everyone turn on the lights with such a small budget?' Chairman of Kalimati Rural Municipality, Dan Bahadur Khatri, said that more than 2 thousand families in five wards of the municipality are now lighting lamps at home. He said that after the completion of substation work in Ward 4, everyone will get electricity facilities. On the other hand, Kapurkot rural municipality chairman Durga Bahadur Pun said that the municipality will be fully electrified within two years as the line extension work is being done with an investment of 20 million from the authority and 60 million from the municipality.