Rolpa finds it harder to cope with lockdown, mental health issues surfacing
ROLPA, May 17 -- Every next household in the villages of Rolpa lives with the hidden wounds of the decade-long Maoist insurgency. Hundreds were killed and disappeared from Rolpa, the epicenter of the bloody war. While the nation still struggles to address the insurgency-era complaints, leaving the victims largely disappointed, the severely-hit people in Rolpa have stated that the lockdown triggered by COVID-19 has left them even more disturbed. Unlike the normal days, they now have plenty of time to miss and long for their beloved family members who they lost to the conflict.
"I was very young when I saw my father being killed," said Shree Kumar Rokka of Thabang - 5. Her father, according to her, was killed by the rebels in 1997. "It's s...
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