The Food Management and Trading Company Limited could not transport food to Mugu due to lockdown and disruption of Namga-Gamgadhi road by floods and landslides.

The provincial government had allocated Rs 30 million for the 14-km track.

For most families in the rural municipalities, Yarsha collection is the only source of income.

Locals say they earn enough money from the annual harvest to get them through the year.

For lack of a chief, locals have to walk for two days to Gamgadhi, the district headquarters of Mugu, to make citizenship certificate.

The move has been launched with an aim to reduce residents’ dependence on forest resources, to protect the municipality’s forests.

Snowfall started on Thursday evening after temperatures plummeted.

Local units in the district don’t have their own office buildings, and people are not happy about it.

The national park has not run development activities and income-generating programmes for locals due to lack of funds.

Police personnel deployed up north have also moved to the district headquarters.

Different species of ducks, especially Siberian ones, visit Rara every winter, conservationists say.

The residents of Mugu are compelled to buy rice in the local markets at a high price.

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.