The sad story of the Sada family, who were disappointed when the road did not reach them - they had to be checked by Indian security personnel upon reaching home.
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In Mansukhi Tole, Chhinnamasta Rural Municipality-3, Saptari, 60 extremely poor Sada (Musahar) families have been living there for four generations. However, the residents of the tole have never had the opportunity to experience the government. The tole, which is connected to Dashgaja, does not have private toilets and there is also a lack of clean drinking water.
From the 7 water tanks in the village, they take turns filling drinking water, bathing, washing clothes, and washing dishes.
The residents of this village, who earn their living by working in Punjab, Mumbai, and Delhi, India, have not yet reached the village with a road network. When someone is sick, they have to be carried for 500 meters and finally reach the road. ‘Although it is possible to walk through the fields to the village, it is not possible to bring a bicycle now because the road is muddy,’ said 25-year-old Kamlesh Kumar Sada, ‘Even on the toll road, we have to go through the courtyards of houses to reach each other’s houses.’
He complains that the rural municipality has not done anything to make the lives of the extremely poor Dalit families easier. To reach the ward office, health post, and rural municipality in Sakhad, they are forced to ride bicycles and motorcycles towards India and come through the Neur border crossing. However, they are suffering from being checked by Indian security personnel when coming and returning. ‘We have to get checked even when we return home after buying vegetables from the market,’ said 55-year-old Ramsundar Sada. ‘Despite repeated requests, the people’s representatives did not build a road to the village. How long do we have to get checked by the Indian police before we reach home?’ 
They also expressed anger saying that they are using poor families as ‘vote banks’. ‘Even when the current chairperson came to seek votes, he promised to do the first work in this village after being elected, but even after three years, not a single work has been done,’ said 61-year-old Hakani Devi Sada. ‘I am regretting trusting the youth. On the contrary, during the time of the previous chairperson, mud and gravel work was done in the village.’
Ward chair Vijay Kumar Yadav said that the community is always having problems moving around due to the obstruction of Indian security personnel. "For generations, the community has been traveling to Sakhad through the road that was already built in Dasgaja, but the problem has increased when Indian security personnel started checking on the Nepal side for the past two and a half years," he said. "When they tried to build another road near Dasgaja on the Nepal side, it was not allowed. I have raised the issue with the top, but it has not been resolved yet." Chief District Officer Tubaraj Pokharel said that he would take initiative after understanding the issues.
