Chitwan, July 17 -- Shivakala Paudel, a resident of Niure Chok in Meghauli, Chitwan was unexcited when Nepal Communist Party chair Puspa Kamal Dahal came to her town last week.

Dahal, who visited his constituency, reiterated that an embankment will be built on the Narayani next year. "Paperwork to start the construction has already started," Dahal had assured locals.

But for Paudel and his neighbours who have been living with the Narayani and its floods for the past three years, assurances from politicians don't mean anything.

"The Narayani has been eroding its banks for the last three years and we still don't have a permanent embankment," he said. "Every monsoon, leaders tell us that they will ensure that embankments are in place befo...