KATHMANDU, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- More than 300 orphans and helpless children in Nepali west Jajarkot district are left neglected, local media reported Monday.

    The orphans and children there lost their parents due to the cholera and diarrhea epidemic some months ago.

    "They didn't have their parents and they had not received appropriate help so far. Their situation is getting worse day by day." Local newspaper The Rising Nepal cited Krishnahari Subedi, head of the District Public Health Office (DPHO) of Jajarkot as saying.

    Many students had left school and started doing menial works, or doing household chores in their neighbors houses.

    The government has decided to establish a children's home for them and started collecting data on them, Thyam Bahadur Thapa, Chief District Officer (CDO) of Jajarkot said.

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