Jumla has little irrigated land, while most farmers rely on rain for crops and fruits.

The Sarki family has been living under open sky after the incident and is in dire need of help.

Young girls rally against social ills, urging female relatives to shun harmful traditions like Chhaupadi, child marriage and caste-based discrimination.

Faced with a staggering prevalence of child marriages, three local units have teamed up to tackle the issue.

As many as 29 infants below one month died in the district in the last fiscal year, according to the District Public Health Office, Jumla.

Police suspect they were murdered as blood stains were spotted at the scene.

There are around 50 households in Talium and all of them are engaged in rabbit farming, officials say.

Farm incomes have more than doubled after the roadless villages were connected to the highway network.

Having exhausted all options, the villagers decided to hire watchmen to protect their crops from marauding monkeys.

If Karnali Highway is closed, the apples will rot in the orchards, say farmers in Jumla.

Foreign Minister NP Saud has requested the chief minister of Uttarakhand to rescue Nepalis missing in the disaster.

Preparations are underway to take the injured to a hospital for treatment.

The group locked the houses and set them on fire by sprinkling petrol, says ward chair.

The arrangement is expected to make life easier for the locals from far-flung villages who would otherwise have to go to Khalanga, the district headquarters, to buy salt.

Cows, buffalos and even yaks have been infected, and thousands have died, officials said.