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Niseldhor is the farthest village from Baglung market, the district headquarters. The costumes, customs, and lifestyle of the locals are completely different. This place, which is considered to be the most remote of Baglung, has great potential in terms of tourism.
It also lies near the Dhorpatan hunting reserve in Nepal. Although Niseldhor is ahead for bush breeding, agriculture, tourism, and herb production, it has been lagging behind in development for years. The citizens here have not been able to feel the minimum level of development till now. Some time ago, Niseldhor was connected by a motor road, but electricity, health, and quality education have not reached here.
Most of the locals here spend the night using Tuki. It takes almost a day to reach the village center from Niseldhor in Nisikhola rural municipality-5 of the district. Since the village is not directly connected by a road network, to reach here you have to go through Burtibang Bazar, the center of Dhorpatan municipality.
Until a decade ago, the local people used to do Bensi (Nisigaon) in winter and Lake (Niseldhor) in summer. Now the local people live here permanently instead of migrating according to the season. About 60 families live here permanently. During the rainy season, more than 400 families live here, said Bir Bahadur Wik, a local. According to him, 25 families are living in Niseldhor this season as well.
After the cold, most of the rain have already fallen in Nisigaon in the first week of December. They will climb the door only after June. It is a tradition of the people of Nisikhola-5 to stay in the lake during the winter and in the dry season. They have to raise hundreds of cattle, so they have to farm. Daily life is becoming difficult due to the cold, for the locals.
Residents complain that despite repeated requests to the concerned authorities to supply electricity to Niseldhor, they are not listening to them. The relevant agencies know about the problem and the locals have told them. There are more than half a dozen villages like Kunde, Mas, Jhul, etc. in the Niseldhor area. None of these villages have access to electricity.
Currently, education is being conducted here up to class 5, so the budget has been allocated to organize the school building and establish a community health unit as there is no health facility yet.
According to Gautam, the rural municipality has allocated Rs 1.5 million in the current financial year for the establishment of health units. The rural municipality has also requested the relevant agencies for the extension of electricity.
“Many domestic tourists come to Niseldhor because of the lack of electricity, so they leave without staying. This place has become the choice of tourists and if the access to electricity is reached, it will not take much time for the living standards of the citizens here to change,” said Maniram Ghartimagar, a local.
“It is behind in development due to its geographical remoteness. The rural municipality has made a long-term plan to solve the problems of the local residents,” said Purushottam Gautam, the information officer of Nisikhola rural municipality._Rss
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