Anti-Chhaupadi campaign in Achham losing steam

Neither the police administration nor the local units and local people are showing interest in effectively implementing the campaign, women say.

Parbati Budha Rawat, aged 20, of Sanfebagar Municipality-3 in Achham died of suffocation in a Chhaupadi shed two years ago. Following media reports of the incident and uproar in the public sphere, the Ministry of Home Affairs had immediately written to 19 districts of Sudurpaschim and Karnali provinces instructing them to put an end to the evil practice.