Deepening Crisis in Sagarhawa

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Mansabdar Khan moved to Sagarhawa as a "development refugee". Today, his village faces many crises, of population, fuelwood, irrigation, unemployment, et cetera.

If one asks whether the village of Sagarhawa has a school, a health post, irrigation canals, a community forest, or an Agriculture Development Bank, the answer is, "Yes." But if the question is whether the villagers are educated, healthy, have clean drinking water, irrigation for the fields, fuelwood or gobar gas for the stoves, and collateral for bank loans, the answer is, "No."

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