Child orphaned as single mum dies without disclosing father’s identity

Grandfather worries for boy’s future without birth registration. Official vows to resolve issue.

It was September 28, the birthday of five-year-old Sagun. The day turned out to be the most tragic in his life. His mother Sabita Sapkota was killed when a landslide triggered by incessant rains, struck a house at ward 1 of Panauti Municipality in Kavrepalanchok district.