Baglung’s Muslims struggle for burial ground

When a woman died last month, the community had to charter a vehicle to take the body to the neighbouring Gulmi district for burial.

Rahamat Hakim, aged 61, used to sell bangles and cosmetics along with his parents in Baglung, a hill district of Gandaki Province. After his parents’ death, Rahamat has been staying in Hatiya Bazaar in ward 3 of Galkot Municipality. He has built a hut in a rented land and ekes out a living for his 10-member family by repairing umbrellas and household items. He does not have any land of his own.