The other Baluwatar: Unlike Kathmandu’s posh Baluwatar, this place in Surkhet is synonymous with poverty, backwardness

Dhuliyabit is the gateway to Birendranagar, the capital of the Karnali province. After you walk downhill for about half an hour from here, you will reach Baluwatar. However, this Baluwater located in Birendranagar municipality -11 contradicts the posh Baluwatar area in Kathmandu with the prime minister’s residence.

There is extreme poverty, deprivation and backwardness. There is no electricity in this settlement and not a single school or health post even for general treatment. There is a dense forest above it while a small stream flows below it.