ROLPA, March 11 -- Thabang of Rolpa has a special relationship with the former Maoist guerrillas and the armed insurgency. It was here, where the Maoist guerrilla prepared strategies, planned attacks, trained their armies, among others during the insurgency. Over the years, the security condition in the region deteriorated along with the destruction of infrastructure and loss of its human resources. It lost touch with the state, and the atmosphere became so much difficult that they had no choice but to support the cause, locals say.

"The armed conflict destroyed our entire development infrastructure and paralyzed our economic development over the decades," said Purna KC, mayor of Rolpa Municipality. "Destruction of the infrastructure and...