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

Downstream settlements still at risk, as landslide has not stopped and heavy rainfall has been forecast for several days.

Erosion of the banks and siltation gain momentum during the monsoon, which can lead to floods and inundation.

The local units argue that the delay in allocation of budget by the federal and provincial governments is the main reason for the low development budget expenditure.

The municipality has been disposing of its waste in the riverbank for the last 17 years for a lack of a designated dumping site.

Local residents have been working to construct community buildings and drinking water and road projects.

Construction companies claim that the project works were delayed due to the prolonged lockdown.

Kisani Secondary School in Dhaulagiri was damaged by landslide in July and is yet to be reconstructed.

The committee has prepared a report after analysing data collected by the local units, the district police office and based on field reports of various individuals and organisations.

Hundreds of vehicles carrying vegetables from Mustang have been stuck along the road section.

The road stretch that connects the eastern and southern corners of Gandaki Province is highly vulnerable to landslides.

The first instalments of relief materials have been used up in the temporary shelters while bad weather restricts flight.

Around 700 people from at least 50 houses have been displaced by landslides since Thursday.

Plans to set up an isolation facility have yet to materialise because of a dispute among the members of Covid-19 Command Control Post.

The local units have continued infrastructure work, such as drinking water projects and dam projects to prevent landslides, while restricting the movement of people across wards.