Snowfall leads to internal blockade in Limi, snow of Nyalulek begins to be cleared
Hemanta KC, Nepal News Bank
Surkhet. Snow clearance of Nyalulek has begun to open the road in Namkha Rural Municipality-5 and 6 (Limi) of Humla, which has been disrupted due to snowfall.
Due to the incessant rains and subsequent snowfall from September 22, the Limi-Lapcha road section at an altitude of about 5,200 meters has been covered with snow. Due to the road blockade, the residents of Limi are facing problems in transporting food and daily essentials.
Namkha Rural Municipality and Infrastructure Development Office, Simkot jointly organized the snow clearance work from December 19. According to the rural municipality, the snow clearance has been started with the objective of opening the road and easing the movement of Limi residents and making arrangements for the transportation of essential goods.
Prem Bahadur Lama, chairman of Namkha Rural Municipality, and officials of the Infrastructure Development Office had reached Nyalulek to know the status and progress of the snow clearance work. They inspected the work being carried out amidst the difficult geographical conditions and adverse weather. Locals of Namkha-5 and 6 have been cut off from road connectivity after the road in Nyalulek was blocked due to snowfall. Locals have been found finding it difficult to bring food, daily essentials and other essential commodities due to heavy snowfall in the high mountainous region. Chair Lama said that the opening of the road was imperative to ease the daily life of the people of Limi.
According to him, transportation of food and other essential goods would be easier along with the movement of locals once the road comes into operation.
It is challenging to clear snow in Nyalulek which is located at an altitude of about five thousand two hundred meters above sea level. Despite adverse weather and difficult geography, the work has been started in coordination with the rural municipality and the Infrastructure Development Office, said Chairman Lama.
The road connectivity in the Limi area has been affected every year due to snowfall. The snow clearance work has been started in view of the shortage of food and daily consumables and the problem of movement of the locals due to the road blockage.
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