Life is precious, everybody’s

It is vital to ensure the safety of the citizens through changes in policies and practices.

A 17-year-old boy went missing on Wednesday when an improvised cable crossing he was using to cross the Mahakali River in Vyas Rural Municipality in Darchula snapped. The youth, named Sachin Budhathoki, was reportedly returning from the neighbouring Indian market in Dharchula after buying cooking oil. That a significant number of Nepalis in Darchula have to depend on the Indian market across the border—and even Indian routes—for their daily essentials alone shows how citizens from the farthest fields live outside the nation even with they exist within the country.