Government neglect leaves villages without piped water

Bad roads extend travel time between Ilam headquarters and Mangsebung Rural Municipality to over six hours although the distance is just 80 km.

Sanuja Shankar, a 46-year-old woman from Ibhang in ward 2 of Mangsebung Rural Municipality, Ilam, walks for half an hour to fetch a bucketful of water from the nearest spring and nearly an hour to return home.