Birendranagar, May 21 -- Relief materials have finally reached Tilgaun in ward 6 of Namkha Rural Municipality, Humla, one week after a glacial outburst and landslide forced families to flee their homes.

According to local officials, the relief-including rice, lentils, oil, beaten rice and puffed rice-was delivered on Wednesday with support from the District Disaster Management Committee, the rural municipality, and several organisations.

"The supplies were first transported by vehicle from Yalbang, the centre of Namkha Rural Municipality, to Halji village," said ward chair Paljor Lama. "From there, they were carried halfway by porters and the remaining distance by horses."

Lama said distribution was set to begin immediately, and that t...