What about the poor?

Officials cannot continue to evade responsibility even as people go to bed hungry.

As expected, the prohibitory orders in the Kathmandu Valley have been renewed for a week until June 3. A meeting of the chief district officers of the three valley districts decided to enforce an even stricter restriction, including halting all construction work, limiting the operating time of grocery shops, and asking people to stock up on food grain for a week. While 12 dozen fully inoculated ex-parliamentarians are crowding the portico of the Supreme Court, administrators have announced a near-complete ban on public mobility. The administrators have also announced various fines, ranging from Rs100 to Rs500,000 and jail time for those violating the restrictions.