Kathmandu, April 8 -- The country has been locked down for two weeks in an attempt to contain the possible outbreak of Covid-19, which has affected nine people in the country so far. The government has extended it by a week until April 15 with the possibility of further extension.

The move could have been a big help in containing the disease from spreading as it also has taken a toll on the economic activities across the country. Hundreds of people have lost their jobs with daily wage workers affected the most. On the other hand, billions of rupees allocated under the Local Infrastructure Development Partnership Programme to be spent by lawmakers largely remains unspent though it has been released to the local level.

As the fiscal year ...