Survivors displaced for over six months have demanded relocation to safer areas but their demands have remained unaddressed.

More than 40,000 beds have been removed from various quanrantine centres throughout the province, according to the Karnali Provincial Health Directorate.

A strong wind had blown away the roof of the school building some eight months ago.

Many affected families do not have land ownership certificates and those who have say the compensated amount is not enough.

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

A few cases get reported but a majority of them are settled within the camps, say families displaced by the 2014 floods.

As many as 81 posts of people’s representatives are currently vacant in eight districts of Karnali Province.

Aathbiskot Municipality has selected students from economically weak backgrounds for the three-year-programme.

Around 100 families have moved to the Tarai plains and set up a camp inside a community forest.

On Sunday, 16 trucks loaded with goods entered Nepal from China through the border points at the request of Namkha Rural Municipality.

The drinking water project will be funded by the federal, provincial and local governments, authorities say.

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.

There is a campaign underway to replace the thatched roofs with galvanised zinc sheets but with lack of sufficient budget the effort is moving at a snail’s pace, local representatives say.

As per the revised calendar, schools in Aathbiskot Municipality will run classes throughout the week to compensate for classes missed amid Covid-19 fear.

The accused admitted to supplying subsidised rice meant for Karnali to Bhaktapur.

The Health Ministry in April had announced 50 percent allowance for workers deployed to the frontline in the fight against Covid-19.

A week after 56 people were found to be infected, contact tracing has yet to begin. Winter brings seasonal flu, which has symptoms similar to Covid-19 and people may not be aware that they are carrying the coronavirus.

Authorities also restrict the movement of people from outside as well as within the district to contain the virus spread.

Several local units in the two districts have enhanced the institutional capacity of health facilities and initiated ambulance services for people in rural areas.

While villages in Karnali face shortage of food grains, subsidised rice meant for the region are being sold elsewhere.