DHANGADHI, April 16 -- Shivaratnapur and Mohanpur villages of Kailari Rural Municipality-3 are 27 kilometers away from Dhangadhi, the temporary capital of Sudurpaschim Province. These two settlements have been separated by the Mohana River, which divides the border between India and Nepal as well. The locals living in these two settlements face a lot of trouble. Despite being Nepali citizens, they lament that have been deprived of government services.
There are 78 households in Shivaratnapur and 88 in Mohanpur. They have been living here for more than four decades but they still lack the ownership of their land. In monsoon, the people of these settlements are detached from the other villages due to the lack of a proper bridge over the
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