Decade-old rural electrification project making slow progress

Frustrated by the delays, locals have formed a struggle committee to press authorities to work faster.

Almost a decade since work began to bring electricity to Baijapur-3 and 4 in Rapti-Sonari Rural Municipality and Narainapur Rural Municipality-4 in Banke district, many villages are yet to be connected to the national grid due to politicisation, legal hurdles and slowpoke contractors.