The province has reported over 7,000 positive cases, with 3,000 active ones. But it has only 176 ICU beds and 57 ventilators.

While the government has not been able to reclaim encroached land for lack of a fixed lake boundary, the Supreme Court directive to acquire more land could cost Rs40 billion in compensation.

Health facilities run by the federal government witness a sharp drop in number of people coming in for tests as they start charging money.

Local units have rushed to impose restrictions while the provincial government has failed to strengthen health facilities.

Provincial Health Directorate said people working in vulnerable sectors will be prioritised.

Although long-distance travel remains banned, both private and public vehicles are moving in and out of Pokhara with passengers.

According to the Western Region Hotel Association, 70 tourist-standard hotels have shut down completely.

Banks have been asking the bus operators to pay the loan instalments.

Even though the government has eased the lockdown for private vehicles with an odd-even rule, there’s no such arrangement for public vehicles in sight.

Security personnel fire eight warning shots to disperse the mob that attempted to prevent authorities from burying the body.

The hospital only has an eight-bed ICU, of which four beds are occupied.

Future of as many as 40,000 students is insecure as the varsity remains without a vice-chancellor and registrar for over nine months.

24 construction projects have resumed operations in the city, according to the Pokhara Metropolitan Office.

With the decision, all hardware stores, vehicle workshops and other stores with essentials for construction and agriculture work will open in the province.

The bodies of two Korean tourists and a Nepali worker are yet to be retrieved.