Bishnu Ghimire, head of the Dolpa branch, informed that there is food shortage as the contract for new rice was not signed after the rice distributed in the last financial year was exhausted.
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There is a problem of lack of food in three sales centers located in Upper Dolpa. There is food shortage in the sales center of Food Management and Trade Company Limited located in Dho, Saldang and Tinje in three municipalities.
Bishnu Ghimire, head of the Dolpa branch, informed that there is a lack of food due to the lack of contracts for new rice after the rice distributed in the last financial year was exhausted. Chairman of Chefoksundo rural municipality Tora Samduk Gurung said that the trading company will sell rice at 2,219 per 25 kg, but it will cost up to 4,500 when purchased from outside.
He says that there is a problem due to lack of food during Dasain Tihar. Chairman Gurung said that if food is not transported by November, there will be a big food crisis in Upper Dolpa. He insists that the rice should be transported by the last week of October as there is snowfall during winter.
Upper Dolpa includes Chefoksundo, Charkatangsong and Dolpobuddha Rural Municipality. It is becoming a problem to transport food in this municipality, which is connected to the border with China. Meanwhile, the Surkhet Regional Office of the Food Management and Trading Company has informed that sufficient food grains are available in the food depots and sales centers in all the districts of Karnali Province.
Regional head Keshavraj Budha said that there is food according to the quota at the local level and depot. According to him, although food grains will be sold and distributed in 51 places, currently only 42 places are being sold, while there are currently 15 depots and 28 sales centers in Karnali. According to him, there are eight branches and one regional office in the province.
