Provincial Health Directorate said people working in vulnerable sectors will be prioritised.

Although long-distance travel remains banned, both private and public vehicles are moving in and out of Pokhara with passengers.

While the authorities have paid heed to waste management and controlling infectious disease, nutritious food for nursing mothers has to be managed locally, say authorities.

Phewa Lake is shrinking every year, mainly due to siltation caused by around 50 rivulets that feed it, say geologists.

The road has caved in at Nahala following Tuesday night’s incessant rainfall.

No human casualties were reported in the disaster, as the villagers were moved to a safer location the previous night.

Prithvi Highway partially opened for traffic from Tuesday evening.

The road stretch that connects the eastern and southern corners of Gandaki Province is highly vulnerable to landslides.

The construction of roads without proper surveys has been the leading cause of landslides in several places of the hill districts.

Three persons were buried and one went missing in a landslide at Kaligandaki on Tuesday morning.

The first instalments of relief materials have been used up in the temporary shelters while bad weather restricts flight.

Three injured from Rishing and Byas landslide sites are receiving treatment at Gandaki Hospital in Pokhara.

Around 700 people from at least 50 houses have been displaced by landslides since Thursday.

Rescue teams have yet to reach the disaster site in Myagdi as roads have been blocked by both landslide debris and flash floods.

Seven people were killed in three different landslides in Kaski, while three of the same family were killed in a landslide in Lamjung. More than 15 people missing in landslides in Myagdi

Locals say while it’s better to move to a safer space than live in the risky villages, relocating won’t be sustainable unless there’s concrete effort from the local units.

Banks have been asking the bus operators to pay the loan instalments.

Even though the government has eased the lockdown for private vehicles with an odd-even rule, there’s no such arrangement for public vehicles in sight.

Since the monsoon rains intensified in the past two weeks, the district has seen over a dozen landslides.

Failure to manage state-run quarantine facilities has forced many returnees to pay their way through quarantine measures.