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.

District chief accuses the coronavirus infected health workers of leaving the designated isolation centre.

Search is still on for one more missing, said police.

The government has announced that development projects can recommence by following safety standards.

In Parbat, the fences are still intact despite the fact that the police have been deployed at major entry points to scrutinise the movements of people.

Authorities are asking respective local units to make arrangements for the passing workers’ stay in quarantine facilities.

Authorities seek locals’ help to keep a check on people coming from outside during the lockdown.

Farmers are still in the fields preparing for the paddy plantation season.

The project stopped receiving funds after the country was federated.

The tracks, dug at the initiative of local leaders to woo voters, have raised the risk of landslides in many settlements.

There are around 150 houses and a secondary school in the area that will be affected if the transmission line is to cut through the settlement, say locals.

Officials at Kushma Municipality said around two dozen poles lie in the middle of the roads in Aspatalchok.

Facing a merger, the school management committee urged the municipality to give them a year to improve. The following academic year, the student number increased threefold.