While the people’s representatives say they haven’t received help from federal and provincial governments, locals say they are not satisfied with the local units’ efforts.

Following the incident, the District Administration Office has issued a notice asking homeowners to refrain from such discriminatory activities towards health professionals.

The Nepalis reached Sunauli border point from various parts of India three days ago and are waiting to be allowed in.

Daily essentials will be home delivered to the locals during the lockdown period, say local authorities.

Traders said they were compelled to shut down their shops after people disregarded requests not to form crowds.

In the past few weeks, Rolpa saw many migrant workers returning home, but no strict measures are being taken to prevent them from mingling with the local population. This, health officials say, will lead to the local transmission of the virus.

Local units work together with residents to curb people’s movement in a bid to slow down the spread of coronavirus.

In the last week, thousands of people entered Nepal through various border points in Province 5. Nobody knows where they are now.

Local authorities had brought those stranded at the Jamunaha-Rupaidiha border to Nepalgunj on Monday.

There will be no restriction on the movement of cargo vehicles and people seeking medical care, say authorities.

As a result of the overcrowding, many suffer from skin-related diseases.

Major border points have health desks set up to screen footfall, most health desks are ill-equipped and under-staffed.

More than 25 percent of the total 886 bird species found in the country are spotted in Resunga and Madane forests, conservationists say.

The people’s representatives, concerned authorities and even the locals are indifferent towards the conservation of the pond.

The municipality had been dumping garbage at the Paklihawa area, which lies in the border of Siddharthanagar Municipality Ward No. 1 and 2

The forest site is the area selected by the Province 5 government to construct smart toilets.

The decision to designate the province’s capital and name would be passed through the two-thirds majority of the assembly.

Projects such as bridge and road constructions in the district have been in limbo for years.

The city saw a number of tourism events cancelled over the week amid Covid-19 concerns, causing worry among tourism entrepreneurs.

Bedamati Devi Gupta, who was attacked by her neighbour Hari Narayan Barai following a spat, is receiving treatment at Universal College of Medical Sciences in Bhairahawa.