Achham, Feb. 18 -- While many young people from Achham continue to travel to India in search of work, a contrasting trend has begun to take shape in the district. Young men from India are arriving in Achham for employment.

Around 40 youths from Araria in the Indian state of Bihar are currently working in Achham this season, mainly weaving gabion wire mesh used in embankments, retaining walls and road construction. They are employed through local contractors and are presently working in Mangalsen and Sanfebagar.

Twenty-two-year-old Sami Akhtar has taken a contract for gabion weaving in Mangalsen. His father had first arrived in Achham about four decades ago in search of similar work. Akhtar, who accompanied his father at a young age, lea...