Tasi Lama of Mugumkarmarong Rural Municipality-1, Mugugaon, came down to Surkhet in the second week of October with his family of 8 people. He falls in Surkhet for about 5 months before the annual snowfall. "We can't live in the village because of the heavy snow," says Tamang, "We stay in Aul all winter, we return to the village only after the snow melts in March-Baishak." On Saturday, almost 3 feet of snow was frozen in his village.

Chhiring Tamang of Namkhagaon Palika-6 Limy of Humla also came to Surkhet in the first week of November with his family of 6 people. He trades birds and sheep wool in Surkhet and Nepalganj in winter.

'It has been snowing continuously since Friday evening,' he said, 'we will not return to the village until the snow of Abanara and Nyalu lakes is cleared.' He said.

It has snowed three times in Humla and Mugu this year. At present, there are only priests from the monasteries in Mugugaon and Limi. The villages of Chitai, Dolfu, Kimri, Takha, Khari and others in Mugumkarmarong in Mugu are deserted after the locals left Thatathalo.

Namkha Rural Municipality is deserted for almost 6 months after the locals migrated to Bensi due to non-starting of snowfall. Because of this, development works have stopped and schools, health posts, ward offices and police stations have also been displaced due to the cold.

Mugamkarmarong rural municipality chairman Chhiringcapne Lama said that because the locals will leave the village for almost 6 months, the work of development construction and public service flow has stopped. "Since there is no development work for 6 months, the entire budget of the municipality is forced to be completed in May/June," he said.

The rural municipality has allocated about 32 million budget this year. In the last 3 years, almost 120 million has been frozen, according to the data of the rural municipality. Even though funds have been allocated for around 150 projects in the rural municipality this year, not even a single rupee has been spent on development expenses.

The Hilsa checkpoint on the Nepal-China border has also been closed due to snowfall. Narayan Pandey, Chief District Officer of Humla, said that there is about 3 feet of snow in Hilsa now. According to him, there are only a few hotels in Hilsa. Even though there are about 35 hotels of tourist importance in Hilsa, the hotel owners have already lost hope before the snowfall.

In Hilsa, armed police BOP and security personnel of the police station of Nepal Police are currently protecting the border area. "Some of the schools in the upper part are also closed and the villages are deserted," he said, "Snowfall continues till Saturday evening, up to one foot of snow has fallen in the area around here (Sadarmukam). Even though the snowfall has made people's lives difficult, the farmers are happy that they will harvest their crops."

According to him, air service has been disrupted in the Himalayan districts of Karnali including Humla since Saturday due to snowfall. He informed that the locals are staying inside their houses with the fire burning. He says that it will take at least a week for the situation to return to normal.

The residents of the Himalayan settlements have taken the snowfall as 'Suvikaal'. "This year, it snowed so much that it reached the land," said Prem Bahadur Rokaya of Simkot Rural Municipality-7, "It was seen that the snow will benefit crops ranging from barley to millet, rice, and pakhedan." He says that it will be good. He said that if there is enough snowfall, the water sources will not dry up throughout the year. According to him, it is believed that in the year when there is snowfall and enough rain, the diseases affecting the grain crops will be eradicated. According to him, in the year when there is no snow, there is no production in most of the settlements, so they have to rely on rice from outside.