Village Development in Nepal

Nepal is a country of villages. Most of the area of the country is occupied by the villages. There are 3915 V.D.C’s, 53 municipalities, 4 sub- metropolitan cities and one metropolitan city. According to 2058 census, 85.20% of the Nepalese people live in the rural areas. The rest of the people (14.20%) live in the urban regions. In Nepal, the development of the villages is the development of the nation.

Nepal is an agro-based country. Most of the villages are farmers. Modern facilities are not available in the villages. The facilities of transportation, communication, electricity, entertainment, etc. have not been provided to all the villages yet. The farmers need basic facilities such as irrigation, improved seeds, modern fertilizers, provision of market etc. Even these facilities have not been adequately provided yet. Nowadays, the beautiful green villagers are being changed into open lands because of deforestation. Many natural disasters like landslides, over-flood etc. terrify the village people. Villagers are found to be honest, co-operative, hard working, trust-worthy and peace-loving. Because of some reasons, villagers are emigrating to cities. If this process goes unchecked, the villagers can be vacant.

The development of the nation depends on the development of the villages. In order to develop them, all the possible facilities should be provided there. Firstly, the facilities of transportation, communication, electricity, irrigation, improved seeds, fertilizers etc. should be provided to all the people. Similarly, other facilities like education, government services, job opportunities, factories, etc. should be decentralized. Government should give high priority on agricultural development. If the villages are developed, we can enjoy the flavour of real development. Then the people who are living in the urban areas wish to go to villages for their permanent  settlement. The people living in the villages do not want to emigrate to cities. Then the problem of over population, pollution and unemployment in cities can be reduced.

In order to develop villages, all the facilities should be provided to the villagers. The government and all the other sectors concerned should give high priority on village development. If villages are well-developed, they will be better places than towns in all aspects.