NAWALPARASI: Despite the installation of power lines and poles in the hilly regions of Nawalpur (Bardaghat Susta East), electricity has yet to reach the local communities.Villages such as Arkhala and Deurali in Bulingtar Rural Municipality remain disconnected from the national grid. Ward Chairman Min Bahadur Ale stated that although the distribution infrastructure, including poles and wires, was completed over a year ago in Arkhala, power supply has not commenced.Residents of Deurali have long paid for meter connections but remain in the dark. While the Nepal Electricity Authority operates a substation in Bojha Pokhari, villages just 7-8 kilometers away continue to...