Subsidised salt remains unsold in northern Gorkha

The residents of Samagaun and Chhekampar have to walk for two days to reach the food depots in Philim or Salleri to buy salt.

As many as 360 quintals of iodised salt meant for the residents of Samagaun and Chhekampar, two remote villages of Chumnubri Rural Municipality in Gorkha district, lie unused outside the food depots of Philim and Salleri in Gorkha district.