5,000 households in Mugu without power

Nearly 5,000 households in Mugu district are living without electricity and still rely on solar or traditional lamps. 

The lack of electricity access has greatly affected the livelihood of the people, from cooking to charging electronic devices. 

In Chhayanath Rara Municipality alone a total of 2,546 households are living in the dark. It’s the same for the residents of Khatyad Rural Municipality. 

Local people say very few families have installed solar panels to power their homes, but they are not reliable. 

The people of Khatyad Rural Municipality have long been waiting for the completion of a hydropower project which has been in limbo for the last five years. 

The national transmission line has been extended only till Gamgadhi, the district headquarters, and places outside have no electricity.