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Heart-wrenching cries of women from ‘Chhaugoths’

According to activist Dr. Paudel, there is only one case so far in which legal action has been taken against forcing women to stay in menstrual huts.
By DIL BAHADUR CHHATYAL

DHANGADI, July 15: Kamala Aauji, a 28-year-old resident of Nigali, Krishnapur Municipality-1 in Kanchanpur, left her three young sons at home and went to sleep in a nearby menstruation hut on Friday night. Since her own hut leaked, she went to her sister-in-law’s hut. That night, a krait snake bit her. Having seen others die from snakebites before, she panicked, screamed, and cried for help.

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