The onset of monsoon has disrupted roads in the district, hampering the treatment of coronavirus patients.

Authorities have prohibited people from picking the precious fungus in light of the second wave of the pandemic that has gripped the country.

Health workers say the authorities’ negligence in not running tests on returnees has resulted in the transmission of virus at the community level.

Farmers have been facing shortages of water to irrigate their fields because of the drying up of a stream that originates in Rara Lake.

Economic activities have increased in various districts of Karnali Province with the construction of the corridor.

50 hectares of forestland have been destroyed in the last three days.

The construction work has now reached its final stage with only a kilometre of the track to be opened.

Poor road conditions have made it difficult to transport daily essentials from Gamgadhi, the district headquarters, to remote areas of Chhayanath Rara Municipality.

The residents of Mugumkarmarong Rural Municipality end up spending more money on the travel, food and lodging expenses for the journey than on salt, they say.

People say contractors don’t transport rice in time and when they do, the grains are of inferior quality.

Poverty, food shortage and lack of awareness behind existing malnutrition crisis, say experts.

The villagers say they are happy with the availability of computer courses in community schools at an affordable price.

All seven local units in Humla district have witnessed snowfall this winter.

Everyday life in the districts has been hugely affected due to severe cold triggered by the snowfall.

Last year, the District Food Management Committee in Dolpa had allocated 3,000 quintals of foodgrains to upper Dolpa but the grains have yet to be supplied to the region.