Mugu, Dec. 26 -- Chhayanath Municipality in Mugu has distributed gas stoves with cylinders to 56 impoverished households. The distribution is part of the first phase of the Mayor with Poor People Programme to protect the municipality's forest resources.

According to the municipality, the programme was launched in Laha and Lapu villages in the first phase. On Sunday, 24 households of Laha and 32 households of Lapu received gas cylinders, regulators and gas stoves free of cost.

Although most of the families adopted gas cooking system in Gamgadhi, the district headquarters of Mugu, the majority of families in the remote villages of the district still use firewood for cooking purposes.

Gora Singh BK, a local of Laha, said that they use fir...