Jajarkot, Nov. 13 -- The local governments in Jajarkot, a hill district in Karnali Province, constructed 216 kilometres of road in the past two years. During a meeting organised by the District Coordination Committee last week, all seven local units in the district presented their reports on development activities. Their reports showed that the local units had spent approximately Rs 400 million to open tracks of around four dozen roads in the district since the country was federated in 2017.

However, the district's residents complain that the local representatives have solely prioritised the construction of roads while ignoring other sectors such as social security, health, education, communication, agriculture, good governance and pover...