Several local units in the two districts have enhanced the institutional capacity of health facilities and initiated ambulance services for people in rural areas.

Locals are aware of the lockdown and the government’s directive to stay indoors but a shortage of drinking water means they have no choice but to go out in search.

The Provincial Health Directorate had dispatched around 5,000 kits to all 10 districts of Karnali Province last week.

Food supplies are being distributed by the local units among the impoverished population to see them through the lockdown.

Most of the poles are already bent with age and neglect.

The move is aimed to control child marriages in the district, according to Salyan’s District Police Office.

The municipal office reportedly transferred the last remaining teacher of the school to another institution, citing low enrolment numbers.

Karnali Provinces’ finance minister assures to address the problem soon by appointing employees on a contract basis.

Though the Division Road Office allocates millions of rupees for road repair work every year, the roads in the district are in dire conditions.

Around 500 landless squatters had received space to build in Salyan district.

Forest committees have spent around Rs 500,000 to distribute gas cylinders and stoves to 100 families. The amount was managed with the income of the community forests.

Guardians’ preference for private schools over community schools is contributing to the decrease in students’ number.

The local unit’s plan to construct a drinking water project to supply water to parched Kagkhola is in limbo as the locals of another village--which is water rich--has refused to share its water source.

The local authority urges people not to go to those houses as guests that do not have a kitchen garden.

The raging forest fire in a community forest of Chhatreswori Rural Municipality-6, Salyan, has not come under control yet.