Several Udayapur villages still live in darkness as electrification project stalls

Dhungre, Dumre and several other settlements still light homes with pine wood, oil lamps and bamboo torches.

Panmaya Magar, aged 58, of Dhungre settlement in ward 4 of Udayapurgadhi Rural Municipality finishes cooking before darkness falls. She has to complete major household chores during daylight as there is no electricity in the settlement. Panmaya and her 63-year-old husband Burjaman Magar are both speech-impaired. Due to their financial constraints, they cannot afford to install solar panels at home.