Jumla, March 11 -- year master plan to expand the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences has stalled due to a persistent shortage of government funding, leaving key infrastructure projects unfinished in ward 3 of Chandannath Municipality, Jumla.

The ambitious plan with an estimated of Rs6.29 billion envisions the construction of major academic, research and healthcare facilities across about 500 ropanis (around 25 hectares) of land at Cherechaur, around eight kilometres from Jumla district headquarters Khalanga. The blueprint, prepared nearly nine years ago, aims to significantly expand medical education, research and health services in the Karnali region.

According to Laxmi Chandra Mahat, registrar at the academy, progress has remained lim...