65-year-old Joyalus Hawari of Birgunj Metropolitan City-13 Maldives Toll was sitting in the courtyard to warm up in the warm sun that was seen on Thursday afternoon. The paralyzed body was shivering with cold. "The sun shone for many days," she said.

Joyalas, who spends the cold night on the bed with a mat and a thin blanket, said that the cold that has been increasing for a week has made it difficult. "On the one hand, paralysis makes our body heavy, we poor people are cold, even the cold wave is a big disaster," she added, "for us, heat is not enough, we don't need warm clothes or vinegar." 

Birgunj-12 Murli's 71-year-old Sahjahan Ansari's daily life has also been made difficult by winter. Due to paralysis, the left side of her body has stopped moving and her speech has also disappeared. Her bed has only a plastic mat and thin sheets. Daughter-in-law Mayra Khatun said that her mother-in-law became more miserable after the winter.

'You are working, we have not been able to arrange warm clothes and vinegar,' she said, 'We are worried about how to protect the disabled mother-in-law in the winter, Sheetalar is a disaster for the poor like us.' It has become more painful. 

Due to continuous cold wave in Terai-Madhesh, people's life has become chaotic. Traffic on the roads has thinned after the cold. There has been an increase in children being hospitalized due to cold. 

The cold wave has affected people's lives in Chandrapur-8 Dumaria in Rautahat, Musahar in Ward 9 Chetnagar and Dome Basti in Harsaha in Vrindavan. Sanjay Mallik of Dhamura said that he and his children were troubled by the heart-breaking winter. "In winter, we are not able to leave the house, because we don't have warm clothes, it will be winter for us poor people," he said.

Most of the houses in this settlement, where 7 families live on the side of the road, do not have a roof. Health workers say that cold waves make the elderly and children sick. Abhishek Adhikari, a doctor at Chandrapur Hospital, said that 4/5 children are being admitted due to pneumonia every day since the cold has increased.

Children of Chetnagar's Musahar slum have started falling ill with cold. Children of the district have stopped coming to school after the cold weather started. The local level has closed the school for two days as the teaching of the school has also been affected. Gaur, Ishanath, Chandrapur, Vrindavan, Fatuwavijaipur, Rajdevi, Yamunamai, Gonahidebahi municipalities of the district had closed schools till Friday.

Gaur municipality has closed schools in the city area for 3 days due to extreme cold, said Chief Administrative Officer Subhas Thakur. Chief District Officer Hiralal Regmi said that all the 18 municipalities of Rautahat have arranged to burn firewood in village markets and squares to avoid human losses due to cold waves. The cold has affected Dalit slums the most. 

Rajviraj municipality of Saptari- 9-month-old Bikki has been suffering from cold and fever for eight days. Geethadevi, who lives in a tent in the Koshi Western canal at Tilathi Koiladi-8, is always worried because her grandson Bikki is not recovering due to cold waves. "Because of the cold wave, there is no work, there is a problem with household expenses and the treatment of my grandson," she said.

This Musahar family is in trouble now due to the cold wave. Due to the extreme cold, children and the elderly have started falling ill in the slums. Most of the houses in this settlement, where most of the houses are made of mud, are not even in the condition of breaking the roof. 

"Straw bed, thin clothing has become our destiny," said local Khela Sada, "there is a lot of problem to protect children from winter." Local Anitadevi Sada, who has been cutting cold waves with the cold wind since morning, said Sada. "The mud houses do not even let in air, there are not enough clothes, it is difficult to escape the winter," she said, "They have to keep warm from morning till night. Local Bhulan Sada said that there is a similar situation in another village in Tilathi Koiladi-8, half a kilometer north of this settlement. We poor people always have a problem with the weather. Rain and floods also enter our houses, winter and cold waves also eat us," he said. Disaster Management Branch Coordinator of Tilathi Koiladi Rural Municipality Rajesh Kumar Jha said that as the cold wave is increasing, they are preparing to distribute blankets and firewood. 

In most of the poor slums, due to the lack of adequate clothing and blankets, the cold wave with the cold wind is making it difficult to hide the winter. "Even though they have been facing the same problem for years, since the state is not interested, the poor Dalits are satisfied that this is their fate," said Manati Sada, a Dalit women's ward member of Tilathi Koiladi Rural Municipality. Majority of the families of the Musahar community, who are mostly landless, live on canal banks, riverbanks, in search of public land apart from the settlements.

After extreme cold, the government will make arrangements to heat the Terai fire. However, the residents of the Himalayan region, where temperatures drop below zero for almost three months of winter, have to make their own arrangements for their stay. Residents of Taplejung's Ghunsa, Khambachene's relatively quick sunshine and Yangma's Chene and Tokpegola's papung fall to ward off the cold. It is estimated that the temperature in Fale and Chene is below zero (minus) at night. 

In order to avoid the cold and snowfall, the residents here should arrange good clothing and bedding. A lot of firewood must be burned to warm the house. If it is very cold, you should wake up at night and light the fire. During the three months of snowfall, one cannot go out of the house, so the food should be prepared in advance. Residents of the Himalayan region are forced to stay indoors when it starts snowing. There is no way for them to be mentally prepared for that. Although there is no snow till the end of the month this year, the cold has increased a lot.

Paktanglung rural municipality-6 Sherpas have arranged arrangements of lentil-rice, salt-oil, marmalade by carrying it from Tapethok to Chaunri and Khachchad in order to reach Phaleka Ming for three months. Duhuna has already managed the grass and opening for the chaunri. Salt and chaff mixed with hot water are also kept ready.

Tharo Chaunri and Yak have been chased to the big Khark and Tar. As it is the snowy season, Mingma's attention is focused on the safety of herself, her family and herds. Even though local residents have been preparing for winter since November, it has not snowed yet. "A few days ago, it snowed once or twice, but it hasn't snowed well," Mingma said. Residents of Ghunsa, Khambachen have come and stayed in their nearby houses to avoid snow and cold. 

It's extremely cold here now. It's hard to go out until the sun shines. There is no alternative to sitting by the fire in the morning and evening. Water has started freezing in the spring. "It would have been better if it had snowed at this time," Mingma added. The ground gets wet and the grass starts to grow.

The change in the weather cycle has affected the inhabitants of the Himalayan region. They are in a state of disharmony when it does not snow on time. Neither can they work with certainty by making a sustainable plan that there will be no snow, nor have they been able to operate according to the old weather cycle. 

is an hour's walk from Fale Ghunsa. This place is famous due to the migration of locals from Ghunsa, Khambachen. Even on short days, the sun shines here from 11 am to 4 pm. The bright sun gives some relief to the residents here in the afternoon to avoid the cold.

The main occupation of the inhabitants of the Himalayan region is animal husbandry. Here, one family keeps up to 2/3 dozen chaunri, yaks, and in the houses that keep less, there are up to 10/15 yaks, says Fuchiring Sherpa. Apart from chaunri, yak, goats, chickens and chickens are also reared. Keeping them safe in the cold is the daily routine of the residents here.

Firewood is most useful for people to stay warm and to keep animals safe. Instead of relying only on the firewood brought from the forest, the locals also dry dung and use it for burning. They use dung, which burns quickly and stays hot for a long time.

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that every house must do the harvesting of Annapat from November to February. 'When it starts snowing, the road cannot be closed,' she said, 'sometimes you have to stay indoors for a long time, it is difficult to move outside, so you have to be prepared.' The place is arranged. Cowsheds and cages are made to keep them warm. Locals estimate that the temperature may have dropped to negative when the water started freezing in these areas where there is no temperature measuring device. After cold water freezes in springs and pipes, they take hot water and pour it there. If that doesn't work, they say that they have to use force to open the jam and make the water flow.

When it starts snowing, they pick up the same snow and heat it in a big pot to make water. According to the ward president of Paktanglung-7, Chheten Sherpa Lama, Yangjung Sherpa, president of Ghunsa Foundation, provided a temperature measuring machine to Olangchungola and Ghunsa two years ago.

According to the temperature it showed, it was seen that the temperature often fell below zero from November to February. Chheten claims to have measured minus 17 degrees. Chheten said that the machine could not be maintained regularly as it would go down even if the battery was installed due to the cold.

The residents of the Himalayan region claim that even though it does not snow as fast as 6/7 years ago, it is still cold. Generally, residents above 3,000 meters in Taplejung have to wait for the snow and face the cold. More than 45 families from Ghunsa, Fale, Gybla, Yangma, Gola, Topkegola are witnesses of this.

Dandu says that even though the government has done activities such as buying firewood in the plains, arranging fire, and distributing warm clothes, Dandu says that he has to face the cold himself in the Himalayan village where the temperature is minus. Nupu Sherpa of Olangchungola says that the cold starts and ends at the same time, but the change in the pattern of snowfall causes livestock and water problems. He said that if it snows, it can be melted and used.

Schools here are closed for three months in the cold. Studies are held here in the summer months of June and August. Leelachakra Gurung, who has led Ghunsa Basic School for a decade, says that he has experienced snow-covered villages in November and saw no snow until January. 

'We taught on the snow in October,' said Gurung, 'we taught in Pus-Magh, treading the snow in February-Chait.' He says he did. "The sun wins in February-March and can last," he added, "even if it doesn't snow, it is difficult to live from November to January." Locals say that apart from giving general treatment to Aheb/Anmi, there are problems with complicated patients in winter. 

Locals who are engaged in farming, khark, and business at other times say that they can enjoy their time with their families. "The cold is also an advantage," said Mingma, "we are mostly cattle breeders, we have to stay in the shed a lot, but now is the time to stay at home with the family." Until 8-10 years ago, when the sky started to rain, there was no rain and only snow Mingma says that it has started raining.