A local factory manufactures pickle and other products from the fruit which are sold domestically and also exported.

Farmers have been using a large amount of chemical fertilisers to increase their agricultural output.

Travel trade entrepreneurs say that many were opened for different purposes—mostly to misuse government grants.

Three months into the academic session, authorities’ failure to provide books leaves students, teachers in the lurch.

A month-long study conducted in all local units of the district shows the presence of the microbe, raising concerns of an outbreak of water-borne diseases, including cholera.

500 cases of Seasonal Hyperacute Panuveitis caused by Gazaline moths have been reported in Gandaki Province in past year.

The highway has been blocked by at least 20 major landslides, cutting off supply lines.

Multiple landslides have obstructed road connectivity in the district.

Landslides in several places of Kushma Municipality and Modi Rural Municipality have claimed the lives of six adults and four children with one elderly missing.

Vehicular movement along several road sections has been obstructed due to landslides.

The pandemic has ended the tradition of working in each other's fields during the busy season, say farmers.

The district has made quarantine period mandatory for all returning migrant workers to the district to keep a check on coronavirus infections.

All five bridges were built some 30 years ago and lack of repair and maintenance over the years have left them riddled with potholes.

The local unit has put a ban on sand extraction in rivers during the rainy season given the risk factor but the Majhi squatter community has no other means to earn a living; they defy the ban and brave the roaring Kaligandaki.

Officials say they are waiting for the test results of other staffers who may have come into contact with the infected.