Fifteen years of no locally elected government

SINDHUPALCHOWK, 4 July 2012 (IRIN) – For maize farmers 100km from the seat of government in Nepal, an ongoing national political stalemate which recently dissolved parliament is far from their concerns. They are more worried about their dying crops.

For 55-year-old Dhanmaya Tamang and her family, poor seasonal rains have hit their only income source. Farmers make up nearly 80 percent of the district of Sindhupalchowk, bordering China and with a population of 300,000. More…