Bajhang, Jan. 23 -- Residents of Saipal Rural Municipality, one of the remotest local units in Bajhang district, are facing a shortage of daily essentials, including food grains, due to road blockade caused by continuous snowfall for the last few days.

Rasyalek area, which connects several villages to Kanda, the administrative centre of Saipal, is blanketed with more than seven feet of snow. Because of this, locals of Kanda, Dhuli, Nyuna, Balaudi and Kaya, among other villages, have been disconnected from Chainpur, the district headquarters of Bajhang.

"There's no rice left in most of the local shops. It's not possible to transport rice and other essentials from the district headquarters," said Bam Bahadur Bohara, a local of Kanda.

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