Nepal, April 2 -- Lalitpur Metropolitan City has received thousands of applications from poor households for relief packages to survive during the lockdown, but the city officials say they can't afford to provide for everyone.

The city office has received a total of 16,000 applications from 29 wards, a number that is too high for it to be able to help.

"The package was targeted for only poor families with no means to survive during the lockdown period, but the number of applications is too high. The city office can't afford to provide relief to every family," Raju Maharjan, spokesperson for the city, told the Post.

Following the nationwide lockdown enforced to stop the transmission of Covid-19, the city office last week had ordered all...