Karnali is growing more apples, but unreliable roads hinder market access
Frequent road blockages during peak harvest season are pushing apple growers to consider Tibetan markets to avoid losses.
Frequent road blockages during peak harvest season are pushing apple growers to consider Tibetan markets to avoid losses.
People in the province grapple with power cuts and low-voltage issues, as they are supplied by a 33 kV transmission line built 35 years ago.
District disaster management committee calls for speedy relocation of 22 settlements in Jajarkot and six in Rukum West due to looming disaster risks.
Many displaced have fallen ill in affected districts of Jajarkot, Rukum West and Salyan.
Though a road track links Simkot, the district headquarters of Humla, no bridge over the Karnali river means continued hardship for hundreds of people.
Karnali province police report 12 yarsagumba collectors—six from Mugu and six from Dolpa—died this year, with nearly 100 more sick due to altitude sickness.
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake last November damaged 480 drinking water projects in Jajarkot, Salyan, and Rukum West districts.
Earlier, varying calendars posed problems in managing textbooks, scholarships and teacher training, student migration, and temporary enrolment.
Of 366,370 households in the province, only 130,000 have reliable access to drinking water.
Various Indian vegetables are supplied in large quantities to Karnali without quarantine checks.
Nine out of ten districts connected to the grid but residents face frequent power cuts.
The provincial government has not deposited the promised amounts in the girls’ accounts for the past two fiscal years.
People say the issue of administrative centre remains unresolved due to partisan interests of elected representatives.
Since November, 35 homeless, mainly senior citizens and minors, have died.
More than 300 government-owned and community buildings in Jajarkot were damaged by the earthquake. Thousands of people are still living in tents.