As springs dry up, water shortage deepens in high altitude villages of Mallarani in Pyuthan

Around 250 households in wards 1 and 2 of Mallarani Rural Municipality endure hours-long gruelling treks uphill and downhill to fetch water.

Kuwari Nepali, a 70-year-old woman from Khajure in ward 2 of Mallarani Rural Municipality, Pyuthan, wakes up early in the morning and heads for the nearest spring, which is one and a half hours away, carrying her water pot.