Jila Bikas Samachar Tanahun (Kartik 2056)
"While analysing the Ilaka Review Workshops, it was seen that about 75 percent of the projects were seen to be completed. The reasons for non-completion of the rest of the projects were: shortage of resources, delay in allocation of budget, lack of public participation, and lack of prioritisation for project planning by the VDCs."

"As most of the 46 VDCs in Tanahun lie on hilltops, they face a chronic shortage of drinking water. Keeping this in mind, the 8th District Council of Tanahun decided to initiated ‘rain harvesting’ scheme in 10 VDCs... Under the plan each VDC will have 10 rain collection vats to be constructed by the DDC. Under the first phase of the plan, the DDC allocated Rs. 46,000 for the construction of the 5 vats in ward #1, 2 in ward # 8, and 1 vat each in wards # 6 and 7 of Phirphirey VDC... The programme will be implemented in a phasewise manner in other 9 VDCs as well."

Jila Bikas Bulletin, Syangja (Bhadra 2056)
Analysing the personal incidents registered at the district in FY 055/056, it can be see that the number of divorces is non-existent, and there is an increasing trend of people from the hills migrating to the terai plains and to the municipalities and bigger towns."

Jila Bikas Bulletin, Kaski, (Asar 2056)
DDC Chairman Mr. Punya Pd. Poudyal, addressing an Ilaka Planning Workshop, "This workshop is a district-level ‘mini’ parliament. It is a forum where the local elected representatives get an opportunity to be directly involved in the planning process, in identifying the development needs of their ilakas and work out ways of getting over development hurdles."

Once upon a time the goddesses decided to hold a competition, a kind of Olympics, among the nations of the world. This was not an ordinary race in which the distance was determined and the winner would be the runner who took the shortest time, but a contest to see which society, acting as a team, could move all its members forward.

When the gun went off, one nation assumed that the race would not last long. It urged all its citizens to start running as quickly as possible. It was every person for himself. Very soon the young children and the elderly were left behind, but none of the fast runners bothered to help them out because it would have slowed them down.

At first those who were in front were exhilarated by their success. But as the race continued some became tired or hurt and fell by the wayside. Gradually all the runners grew exhausted and sick, and there was no one to replace them. It became clear that this nation would not win the race.

Everyone’s attention turned to a second nation, which adopted a slightly different strategy. It sent all its young men out ahead to compete, but required all the women to come along behind, carrying the children, the sick and the elderly and caring for the runners who needed help. The nation’s leaders explained to the women that this was a natural and efficient arrangement from which everyone could benefit. They provided great incentives for the men to run fast, and gave them authority over the women.

At first this seemed to work, but the women found that they could run just as fast as the men if they were not burdened with caring for the weak. They began to argue that the work they were doing - caring for the runners - was just as important as the running and deserved equal reward. The men refused to make any changes. The nation began to waste a great deal of energy in bargaining and negotiation. Gradually it became clear that this nation, too, was losing the race.

So attention turned to a third nation, which had started out moving quite slowly, though making steady progress. In this nation everyone was required both to run and to take care of those who could not run. Both men and women were given incentives to compete, to run as fast as possible, but the rules required them all to share in carrying the burden of care.

Having agreed to rules that rewarded both kinds of contribution to the collective effort, people were free to choose their own speed, to find a balance between individual effort and collective responsibility. This freedom and equality contributed to their solidarity. Of course, it was this nation that won the race.

Perhaps this is a utopian fairy tale. But the global economic system tells us that we are all in a race. It tells us to hurry up. It tells us all to worry about our speed. But it does not tell us how long the race will last - or what the best long-term strategy is. And it does not tell us how victory will be defined. If we are going to compete, let it be a game of our own choosing. That is, in a nutshell, the challenge of the new global order: how to define a world economy that preserves the advantages of market competition, but establishes strict limits and rules that prevent competition from taking a destructive turn.

(Taken from UNDP’s Human Development Report 1999, p.78)

"People ar>

heir strength... and have to be reminded of the fact that they can move mountains!!"

DDC Chairman of Kavre Mr. Krishna P. Sapkota talking to residents of Nayagaon, after the inauguration of the Gudgudey Khola Micro Hydro plant

Achham 

Chairperson: 

Mr. Krishna Pd. Jaisi 

Vice Chair: 

Mr. Tej Bdr. Bishta 

Members: 

Mr. Megh Raj Khadka 

Mr. Tek Bdr. Kunwar 

Mr. Min Bdr, Kunwar 

Mr. Him Raj Shah 

Mr. Dev Bdr. Kunwar 

Mr. Sher Bdr. Kunwar 

Mr. Jagat Bdr. Rawal 

Mr. Padam Bdr. Rawal 

Mr. Prithwi Bdr. Bhandari 

Mr. Tript Bdr. Shahi 

Mr. Lok Bdr. Bishta

Mr. Pahalman Saud 

Mr. Bhairey Kami 

Ms. Lali Rawal 

Baitadi 

Chairperson: 

Mr. Paramananda Bhatta 

Members: 

Mr. Jayaraj Joshi 

Mr. Rana Bdr. Chand 

Mr. Dharma Singh Mahara 

Mr. Narendra Bdr. Bista 

Mr. Harkasingh Dhami 

Ms. Maya Bhatta 

Mr. Mohan Dev Joshi 

Mr. Uttam Bdr. Chand 

Mr. Prem Singh Sutar 

Mr. Rana Bdr. Mahara 

Mr. Ganesh Bdr. Bohara 

Mr. Mahabir Bishta 

Mr. Padam Bdr. Kunwar 

Dadeldhura 

Chairperson: 

Mr. Gajendra Bdr. Shahi 

V. Chairman: 

Mr. Bhojraj Bhatta 

Members: 

Mr. Sher Bdr. Dhant 

Mr. Narendra Bdr. Shahi 

Mr. Nara Bdr. Bishta 

Mr. Bhim Bdr. Deuba 

Mr. Indra Bdr. Bhandari 

Mr. Tularam Bohra 

Mr. Bhaskar Dutta Joshi 

Mr. Dan Bdr. Aidi 

Mr. Raj Bdr. Air