Regular landslides and mudslides mean vehicles rarely use the only road that connects the district with the rest of the country.

The accused, remanded into custody, have to stay in police custody until the court’s final hearing.

With the expansion of rural transportation, traders have been hauling apples from the district to sell the fruit in cities such as Nepalgunj, Surkhet and Kathmandu.

Local delicacies, antique villages and religious shrines provide an array of things to do while visiting the pristine lake in Mugu.

The government allocates a monthly allowance of Rs 400 to children below five years, Rs 1, 000 to single women and people between 60 to 70 years, and Rs 2,000 to people over the age of 70 and to the completely disabled

Plans were introduced to construct a terminal tower, but work is yet to start.

Mothers as young as 16 struggle to build a comfortable life for themselves and their children.

Traditional songs such as Jhoda, and dances such as  Deuda, Rateuli, Magal, Hudke dance--passed on from generations--are slowly dying out in the region.

Health services in Mugu District Hospital have been affected due to a shortage of medical specialists.

Numbers of red panda (Ailurus fulgens), endangered mammal species, are increasing due to safer habitats in hill districts of Karnali, conservationists say.

Forty-five-year-old Kannasila Phadera, a resident of Unpani at Sarkegadh Rural Municipality-2 in Humla district, has to walk for five days to reach Gamgadhi, the district headquarters of Mugu, to purchase subsidised rice. After the purchase, she walks back home for five more days with her goats and sheep saddled with rice sacks.

With the end of the monsoon, tourist arrivals at Rara Lake in Mugu district has increased. Visitors are flocking to the popular tourist destination in Far Western Nepal due to favourable climatic conditions.

Chhayanath Municipality in Mugu district has helped Devi Krishna BK of Dhum village, a student from an impoverished family, to study dental medicine in Bangaladesh.

Smuggling of yarsagumba into Tibet, China has risen due to lax control at the customs offices in Dolpa and Mugu. As a result of the illegal trade, the government is losing millions of rupees in revenue, officials said.

Twelve villages in Mugu district are at high risk of landslides, according to the District Natural Disaster and Rescue Committee.