DOLPA, April 25 -- Aite Rokaya, 65, a local of Thulibheri Municipality-6, said it was the happiest moment of his life to talk with his relatives in Kathmandu via a cell phone for the first time on Tuesday.

Man Chandra Buda, a teacher from of the same village, also expressed his joy in not having to spend thousands of rupees to travel to the district headquarters Dunai for minor tasks after the village got access to wireless communication.

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