Around 3,000 people in Saipal of Bajhang reeling under food shortage

Residents of Saipal Rural Municipality need over 4,000 quintals of rice per year, but the government has provided a subsidy for only 2,500 quintals. So far, the contractor has supplied only 1,750 quintals of rice this year.

Manbir Bohara, chairperson of Saipal Rural Municipality of Bajhang district receives between 20 and 25 phone calls every day from villagers after they were unable to buy food from the nearby food depot.