Kathmandu, April 4 -- Nearly two weeks into the lockdown and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has not yet completed collecting the details of the poor and the vulnerable people who are in a dire need of an emergency relief package.

Last week, the city office announced a food package for the families affected by the lockdown enforced by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The relief was to be distributed to the families of daily wage workers and the poor in all 32 wards of the city.

However, the city office has not yet figured out the number of families who need the aid, nor the effective way to distribute the food items.

"We are yet to figure out the exact number of people who need help. The lack of data has hindered us...