BAITADI: Electricity service has been extended to Shivanath Rural Municipality in the remote Talloswarad region of Baitadi district. The power supply has now reached Ward No. 2, Sharmali, and Ward No. 3, Saugada.
According to Shivanath Rural Municipality Chair Karna Singh Saud, 58 households in Sharmali—located along the border with India—have received electricity for the first time.
Electrification work is also ongoing in Saugada, Ward No. 3, and will soon begin in Wards No. 1 and 4. Wards No. 5 and 6 have already been electrified.
With the arrival of electricity, grain mills and grinding mills have also started operating in the area, providing much-needed services to the local population.
Janardan Poudel, Chief of the Nepal Electricity Authority Baitadi Distribution Center, said the area was electrified by extending an 11 kV transmission line.
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