Rice-short residents of Saipal demand a food depot

Rice-supplier private firm Jalpa Devi Supply Company is accused of selling subsidised rice on the black market.

Laksha Kami, a 54-year-old man from Dhalaun village in ward 2 of Saipal Rural Municipality, says he hasn’t been able to eat a full meal for months now. His family of 11, including seven children, eat only to survive in order to save the subsidised rice Laksha bought in January.