The shortage is caused by delay in the transportation of grains by the contractors, officials say.

Forest office in Mugu detained a dog along with alleged poachers. Court freed the accused but didn’t say a word on the canine. Officials now wonder what to do with the dog.

With the change in seasons, the hospital is seeing an increasing number of patients daily but has not been able to provide effective services due to a lack of essential medicines and specialist doctors.

Almost all the local units in Mugu, including Mugumkarmarong Rural Municipality, had imposed a ban on yarsagumba collection in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Municipality has prioritised conservation and renovation of various heritage sites, mayor says.

Karnali government started a programme to turn the remote village into a model village but failed to fund the project.

The hospital has been referring patients for all surgical procedures to health institutions outside the district.

Understaffed salt depots and mismanagement on part of relevant authorities forcing villagers to buy the commodity from traders at exorbitant prices.

A massive fire on November 15 last year had destroyed 21 houses in the Mugu district headquarters.

Work to install oxygen plant halted after public accounts committee of Karnali started investigation citing irregularities in procurement.

Around 60 percent of children in Sayakhola, Kotilla and Mundu of Chhayanathrara Municipality are out of the school system.

Bird numbers and types have plunged due to the decline in the number of migratory species.

The district is in dire need of medicines since the number of patients suffering from fever, typhoid, asthma, common cold, diarrhoea and vomiting is on the rise with the onset of winter.

District residents have to pay higher prices to buy the grain from local markets.

The fire started around Monday midnight and came under control at around 6am this morning, police said.