Snowfall cuts off highland villages, low voter turnout feared

Some candidates are in cities to meet voters who left due to chill while others have yet to reach high-altitude areas.

Heavy snowfall on Saturday has cut off movement to Hilsa in ward 5 and Limi in ward 6 of Namkha Rural Municipality of Humla district. The villages had already been isolated from the district headquarters Simkot after an earlier snowfall in November failed to melt before the falling of fresh snow. Reaching Limi and Hilsa from Simkot requires crossing Nyalu and Nara passes, both rising to nearly 5,000 metres.