DHANGADHI, May 26 -- The Dhangadhi Airport, the only airport in Sudurpaschim Province, has been closed for the last 21 days for the ongoing repair work. Before shutting down the airport for a month, the authorities had assured the locals that the airport will resume its services after 20 days.

Speaking to journalists earlier, Ratan Kumar Shrestha, chief of the Dhangadhi Airport Project, had assured that the airport will come back into operation within 20 days. "As published in the notice, the airport will resume its services by June 4 but we have aimed to complete our work within 20 days," he had said.

However, the sluggish pace of repairs at the airport has worried the people in the province. They say there is very slim chance of this ...