Malnutrition takes toll on vulnerable communities amid lockdown

Government plans to distribute fortified flour in affected areas, but experts say that’s not a long-term solution to the problem.

One-month-old Kabita Chepang of Mansing Danda, Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality of Dhading weighs just two kilograms. Suresh Chepang, 2, of Gothi Bhanjyang of the same rural municipality, weighs seven kgs, and 12-month-old Laxmi Chepang of Gothi Bhanjyang is only six kgs in weight.