Nepal, Oct. 26 -- Chief Minister of Karnali Province, Mangal Bahadur Shahi, has said the access to road, electricity and communication services has expanded to the villages in Karnali after the country became a federal republic.

Addressing a programme organized at Suryodaya Secondary School in Srinagar, Ward No. 3, Adanchuli Rural Municipality, where he studied back in 1984, he pointed out that in the past, it was difficult even to bring rice and salt in Karnali.

"Now, the expansion of the road network, electricity reaching villages, and people having mobile phones in their hands are significant examples of change," he said.

Recalling the days of hardship the people of Karnali had to live in the past, Chief Minister Shahi compared th...