The path, named after a French mountaineer, was used as an alternative to a much longer trekking route that took 14 days of dangerous journey to reach Annapurna base camp.

Those engaged in the occupation say they are now able to send their children to better schools in cities and towns.

Dried yak meat locally known as sukuti is popular among domestic sightseers in Mustang.

According to district health authority, nearly 20 percent of pregnancies reported over the last year were underage.

The disasters, prompted by incessant overnight rains, have also displaced scores of households and damaged property.

Rescue efforts to airlift the injured have been hampered due to bad weather and continuous rainfall, police say.

Hundreds of passengers have been stranded due to disruption in vehicular movement.

Lack of qualified teachers and high qualification requirement for courses are to be blamed.

The flooded Kaligandaki river damaged around 50 metres of the embankment during last year’s monsoon.

Beni Bazar Drinking Water Project initiated a project to lift water from the Myagdikhola at a cost of Rs5 million.

The project has changed the initial design involving the widening of the Mahabhir-Timmure road section.

Community schools in the district are distributing cash to the guardians instead of preparing mid-day meals.

Hiring teachers for Science, Mathematics and Computer Science is difficult and those who get appointed request to be transferred to urban areas.

The only public hospital in Myagdi is reeling under staff shortage as Gandaki government did not renew contract of 30 health workers it had hired at the beginning of the pandemic two years ago.

Five musk deer were found dead in snares in the last 10 days in the Annapurna Conservation Area Project region.