Rukum, one of the hotbeds of the decade-long Maoist insurgency that left behind a bloody trail of death and devastation and pushed the country decades back in terms of development, is quite busy with development works these days. Leaving behind its blood-soaked past, in which 668 people died, 505 got abducted and 162 got disabled during the war, this Mid-Western district, where Nepal Army conducted Khara and Sisne search operations and where the Maoists’ landmark Chunwang meeting took place, is trying hard to catch up with the lost decade pretty fast, if not on war footing. The 134-km-long Rapti Lokmarg, which connects Dang, Salyan and Rukum (this district accounts for 33 km of the highway), is already complete, while construction of the Mid-Hill Highway section is underway in the district, according to Bharat Kumar Sharma, local development officer. While returning late in the evenings after inspecting climate-resilient development initiatives of Nepal Climate Change Support Program Rukum in June, the UNDP-media team on the inspection mission would often find earthmoving equipment operating till late in the evening for the construction of the Mid-Hill Highway with a well-lit Musikot—the result of the Rukum Ujyalo program consisting of 95 micro-hydels—in the background.
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