Kathmandu, April 7 -- On normal days, Surendra Timalsena, 33 would have been selling aloevera juice outside the Mahadev temple in Koteshwor. But with the lockdown clamped by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus two weeks ago fearing, Timalsena has been confined to his room alone. His wife and their four-year-old son left for Chitwan, to his in-laws, the day before the lockdown was announced.

"I thought that this would not go for long and I could resume my business, but it's already been two weeks and the government has once again extended the lockdown," said Timalsena, who hails from Sundarbazar Municipality-3 in Lamjung district.

The government's decision to extend the lockdown period has caused him to worry because he i...