HETAUDA, April 23 -- Senior citizens of Kailash Rural Municipality, a remote local unit in Makwanpur district, have heaved a sigh of relief as the rural municipality has started providing elderly allowance at their doorsteps.

Octogenarian Dil Bahadur Jimba, a resident of Kailash-9, was elated after receiving his lumpsum elderly allowance of four months in his own residence on Monday. He recalled his hardships to reach at Sanima Bank in Kalikatar, centre of the Kailash Rural Municipality, to receive the allowance earlier. It took four hours for 84-year-old Jimwa to reach Kalikatar and as much time to return home after receiving the allowance.

Considering the difficulties faced by senior citizens to receive their monthly allowance of Rs2,...