Citizens of Sarkegad rural municipality-1 Tumch village have to spend heavily to buy subsidized salt. They are spending up to 2,500 rupees for the salt of 9 rupees received as a subsidy.

Since the salt distribution depot office is far away from the village, they are forced to go to get salt by paying expensive car fare. Ramsharan Rawat, a local, said that the amount is spent only when going to get salt and returning home. 

A few days ago, Salt Trading Corporation Limited will sell  He said that the depot at Sarkegad had incurred huge expenses for the purchase of salt. He said, 'The municipality center is far away from the village. It costs twenty-five hundred to go to get salt which is Rs.9 in subsidy.' Ratan Rawat said that it costs Rs 2,500 to travel by car to a place that can be reached on a one-day walk. Rawat says that since salt trading is located in Sarkegad market, selling only through the depot center will cause problems for 95 households in Tumcha. 

Since the village center is far away, Rawat said that he is deprived of other services from the village and has to walk for three hours to go to the ward office. As the ward office is in Zaire, it is necessary to walk uphill for three hours and take various recommendations. 

They say that if the citizens of Tum village distribute the salt from Balukuna area instead of bringing it to Sarkegad, they will save money and ease. Raj Bahadur Lama, head of Salt Trading Corporation branch Humla, said that distribution is being done from the sales center for easy access to the four rural villages in the southern part.