Every year during the harvest season, traders and businessmen would reach the orchards to purchase apples but no one has come this year, say farmers.

Two-fifths of the bureaucracy positions remain vacant and with the Federal Civil Servant Act still not in place, the province cannot start appointing civil servants on its own.

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.

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

The 50-bed isolation facility built a month ago has a leaking roof and weak walls, say locals.

Local governments say geographical remoteness and human resources shortage have hindered them from running effective virus containment measures.

Many schools in Karnali Province have been left to pick up after the mess left behind by quarantined villagers.

Under the programme, settlements at high risk of floods and landslides were to be moved to safer locations.

Maize planted in around 3,500 ropanis of land was destroyed in locust attacks in June and July but authorities are yet to come forward to help farmers survive the ordeal.

Three out of the eight people who had consumed the wild mushroom are undergoing treatment at Karnali Provincial Hospital in Surkhet.

Locals from areas at risk of landslides are currently taking shelter in nearby schools and playgrounds in makeshift tents.

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

A large number of people in public roles have exposed themselves to the risk of Covid-19 while managing quarantine facilities, distributing relief, and attending public gatherings.

The monsoon-induced disasters have displaced at least 300 families in the rural municipality.

Five others still missing; rescue works hampered by adverse weather conditions, said police.

A bill registered in the provincial assembly secretariat proposes facilities for elected representatives under 13 different headings.

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

In Karnali, around 1,600 swab samples are yet to be tested, authorities say.

The doctors said in a statement on Thursday that they decided to protest after the provincial government didn’t give them the extra money.

Police have so far arrested 29 individuals in connection with the incident.