Eight years after the establishment of the rural municipality, a new ward office has been constructed and a basic health center has been established.
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A ward office and basic health center have been established in Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality-4, Kyang, in the Himalayan district of Manang.
Eight years after the establishment of the rural municipality, a new ward office has been built and a basic health center has been established.
The rural municipality chairman Kunjo Tenzing Lama informed that the basic health center has been established targeting tourists visiting Kyang village and Phu village, which are located at an altitude of 3,850 meters above sea level, as well as those going to Himlung Himal Base Camp and climbing.
According to him, the ward office building in Kyang was constructed and brought into operation as it takes about 1 day to go from Kyang village to the ward office in Phu village for services. The rural municipality chairman Lama inaugurated the ward office and primary health center building during a program on Monday.
‘Our first priority is infrastructure construction. Our next effort is quality service,’ he said, ‘Some problems of citizens cannot be known without being told. Keep telling your problems. We will try to solve them.’ According to Sushil Lamsal, the Chief Administrative Officer of the rural municipality, earlier, a joint office of Ward No. 4 and 5 was operating in Phu village.
The ward joint ward office was operating in the former Phu VDC building, and a new building was constructed as per the demand of the ward residents, and services have been provided to the ward residents from Kyang, he said. According to him, a basic health center building has been constructed along with the ward office building and 2 health workers have been deployed under the leadership of AHEB.
Four new 5/5-room buildings have been constructed for the ward office and basic health center. Two buildings have been constructed for the ward and health center and two buildings for the ward and health staff. The rural municipality has stated that this building was constructed at a cost of about Rs 2.5 crore. The rural municipality has also constructed a monastery.
Mahesh Pakhrin, the rural municipality officer, said that while government services could not be provided from Kyang earlier, services have been provided as per the demand of the citizens recently. Karma Tenzing Lama, the acting ward chairperson of Ward No. 4, emphasized that both the employees and the people should work for the citizens with a new mindset in the new house.
Sonam Chhete Ghale, the head of the rural municipality health branch, emphasized the necessary equipment along with infrastructure management. According to local Sangi Khando Lama, earlier, when a headache occurred, they had to call and ask for Citalopram. Now, she said, the villagers have gained convenience by having a health facility in their own backyard.
