Kailali, Feb. 20 -- As election campaigns heat up in Kailali Constituency 5, the political and economic hub of Sudurpaschim province, candidates are competing with ambitious pledges on health, education, sports and urban infrastructures. Amid promises to upgrade hospitals, build an international cricket stadium, and turn Dhangadhi into a metropolitan city, one issue is conspicuously absent-the climate crisis.

Centred in Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City-Sudurpaschim's only sub-metropolis and provincial headquarters-Kailali-5 has long attracted political attention. For the House of Representatives elections scheduled on March 5, fifteen candidates are in the fray, including Nepali Congress provincial general secretary Naranarayan Shah, CPN-...