Good weather brought a bumper apple harvest to Gorkha. But there is no transport

Nepalis consume 82,145 tonnes of apples worth Rs8.44 billion annually, mostly imported from China.

Lakpa Gurung of Shardibas, one of the most remote wards of Chumnubri Rural Municipality in Gorkha district, was expecting a bumper apple harvest this year, thanks to the abundant winter snowfall that filled the trees in his orchard with flowers.