The National Reconstruction Authority was carrying out the reconstruction work of earthquake-ravaged monasteries in Gorkha before its dissolution in mid-November.

The residents of Samagaun and Chhekampar have to walk for two days to reach the food depots in Philim or Salleri to buy salt.

More than a dozen houses in Salleri are at risk of displacement by landslides and floods.

Residents of Chhekampar and Chumchet complain that the recent supply is too little to meet the demand.

The only foot trail linking the settlements to the rest of the district got damaged by landslides two months ago.

Chhekampar and Chumchet have been cut off from rest of the district, disrupting supply of food and daily essentials.

Collective paddy transplantation and local festivals have contributed to the spread of the virus in the community.

Risk of food shortage has increased as villages remain cut off from the rest of the district for the past three weeks.

Around 80 percent of the reconstruction work has been completed so far, officials say.

It takes more than a week for test results to arrive, as the district has to send swab samples to Pokhara for testing.

The authorities, however, do not have any record of workers who returned to and from Gorkha on foot in recent days.

Reconstruction works were started in January last year.

Dharche Rural Municipality has employed heralds and used radio services to disseminate information in highlands.

Capitalising on high demand for construction materials and negligence of local officials, smugglers continue to haphazardly extract riverbed materials from Daraudi River.

Many senior citizens were turned away from vaccination centres without getting inoculated.