Drought during the flowering period and hailstorm during the fruit-bearing period affected output, farmers say.

Two persons who were rescued from the incident site have been taken to Jumla-based Karnali Academy of Health Sciences for treatment.

Six people died after a landslide buried a house in Kalikot, while a 54-year-old man died in the Makwanpur landslide.

Eighteen people have been killed in various landslides in the district this week alone.

Authorities say continuous rainfall has hampered the search and rescue operation.

Among the 39 passengers, three dead one still missing.

Following an altercation with the passengers, the driver exited the vehicle which had its engine running, causing the accident, police said.

Most of the facilities in Kalikot do not meet the basic requirements set by the federal government.

The local units do not have a concrete plan yet on how to tackle the mass unemployment that the crisis has wrought.

Palata Rural Municipality’s disaster management committee has urged the people to self-isolate themselves in their homes and report to the health post if they show any symptoms of Covid-19.

The municipality spent about Rs 500,000 on the project, while the locals paid for the pipeline and other construction materials.

The rural municipality has been working on upgrading traditional mills and making them affordable to the population.

The solar power was connected to a total of 4,200 households in Rupsa and its outlying villages such as Lalu, Malkot, Kumalgaun and Kotwada.

Women who took literacy class have started to learn self-employment skills in the villages.

Politicisation of school management committee elections in community schools expose students to highly volatile political atmosphere hampering their studies.