Jajarkot, Jan. 30 -- affected families in Bheri and Nalgad municipalities in Jajarkot are struggling with worsening living conditions, while election candidates promise to prioritise reconstruction if elected.

In ward 1 of Bheri Municipality, resident Dhan Bahadur Mahar said his family of seven has been living in a temporary hut for over two years. "Politicians always make promises during elections, but after winning, they never return. Our hut is leaking, and food and clothes have all been ruined," he said. Mahar's two sons, Om Prakash and Pankaj, work in India, leaving him, his wife, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren to cope in a shelter on the verge of collapse. Recent rainfall further damaged their belongings.

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