Heavy snowfall affects normal life, obstructs transport

Dadeldhura,  Dec 16: Normal life has been affected due to heavy snowfall in the district since last night.

With the snowfall, vehicular movement was also obstructed in the district. The main road sections including the Bhimdutta highway are obstructed and hundreds of vehicles and passengers are stranded along the road sections due to snowfall.

The local administrations are making their maximum efforts to resume the road section but are yet to clear the road. 

Meanwhile, normal life in the higher reaches of Achham district is also affected due to snowfall since last night.

Transportation, communication and day to day activities are badly affected in the district.  Ramroshan, Shantadanda, Malatikot, Mangalsen, Binayak and Kamabazaar villages in the district have witnessed heavy snowfall, it is learnt.

 Mercury has notably fallen down in the far western region due to rainfall and snowfall for last few days. RSS