Snowfall in Himalayan parts of Far West, Karnali and Gandaki Provinces and heavy rain in high mountain areas.
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As the western wind system is active, it has snowed and rained in the Himalayan and hilly regions of the country. According to the Weather Forecasting Division of the Department of Water and Meteorology, there has been snowfall in the Himalayan regions of Sudurpaschim, Karnali and Gandaki provinces and heavy rains in the highlands in the last 24 hours. Hariprasad Dahal, meteorologist of the division, said that there was light to moderate rain in some places of Bagmati, Lumbini and Koshi region.
The farmers of Far West and Karnali, who were worried that the long-term drought has started spoiling their crops, have been relieved by the snowfall and rain on Friday. Heavy snowfall has occurred in most of the Himalayan districts of Karnali, Humla, Mugu, Dolpa, Kalikot and Jumla, while in other hilly districts, it has rained to reach the grain crops including wheat and barley.
Air flights from Surkhet and Nepalgunj to all Himalayan districts of Karnali were canceled on Friday due to snowfall. There is about 2 feet of snow at the Simkot airport in Humla. Due to snowfall, transport services have been stopped on about a dozen roads including Madhyapahari highway, Gamgarhi-Nagam road and Simkot-Hilsa.
Madan Rokaya of Humla Simkot said that due to the snowfall, it was difficult for the locals to go out of their houses. According to him, due to heavy snowfall, all footpaths from Humla's Namkha Rural Municipality to the headquarters Simkot have been closed.
About 3 feet of snow has fallen in Nara and Nyalu Lake at a height of 5,000 meters, Rokaya said that farmers are happy that grain crops, vegetables and fruits will grow even though life is difficult after the snowfall. Birkh Bahadur Rokaya of Murmagaon in Mugu said that after the snowfall, the crops that were about to dry due to drought have been relieved.
'After the snowfall, there will be a good time in the Himalayan settlements, there will be a famine in the year without snowfall,' he said, 'even if it is late, it has snowed enough to reach now, the production of crops, apples and other fruits is expected to increase.'
Karnali's major tourist destination Rara has been destroyed by snowfall. It has been snowing in Rara since Thursday night. Dharamjit Saud, Ranger of Rara National Park, said that about 2 feet of snow fell in Rara.
Chandra Nepali of Soru Rural Municipality-4 Rawalbada said that the current snow will benefit the early crop wheat, barley, millet, kaguno, chino, pakhedhan. "There is never a shortage of food in the district in the year when there is good snow," he said, "the need to buy and eat rice from the Barseni Food Institute seems to have stopped this year." According to him, snow blocks have been started to irrigate the area around apple trees. "The more snow falls, the more apples grow," he said, "Farmers are freed from the hassle of irrigation, and the incidence of disease in apples is also reduced this year." Rukum East DSP Madhavraj Kharel said that due to snowfall in and around Patihalne, the public road was closed.
Satmode under the Gamgarhi-Nagma road in Mugu has been closed due to heavy snowfall. The Chief District Officer of Humla, Narayan Pandey, said that most of the places on the Simkot-Hilsa road in Humla are covered with thick snow. He informed that the air service will resume only after the snow removal of Simkot Airport.
Since Thursday night, there has been rain and snow in the far western hilly districts including Bajhang. Traffic has also been disrupted due to landslides on the Tamil-Jalebagar road section of Jai Prithvi Highway due to rain. After the landslide that occurred on Thursday night in Baluwatar and Jalebagar areas of Chabispathivera was removed on Friday morning, traffic was operated for a while. In the afternoon, the traffic was blocked after another landslide occurred at the same place.
District Police Chief DSP Yuvraj Bhandari said that the road division office and the dozer of Jayaprithvi Municipality are trying to clear the landslide. The dozers have been kept on standby. Landslides continue to occur due to non-stop rain. It is being opened and blocked from time to time, he said. The farmers of Bajhang, Bajura, Doti, Dadeldhura, Darchula, Baitadi in Far West, who are facing drought for a long time, are happy with the rain.
Bajhang has experienced snowfall in Surma, Saipal, Diyanot, Masta, Chhabispathivera, Thalara, Kedarsyun, Durgathali, Bitthadchir Rural Municipality and high hilly areas of Jaya Prithvi and Bungal Municipalities . More than one foot of snow has accumulated in Dhuli, Kanda and other areas of Saipal Rural Municipality. Similarly, there is thick snow in Khaptad National Park. Dinesh Khadka, game scout of the park office, said that snowfall has started in Khaptad from Thursday evening and two feet of snow has frozen in some places.
Locals have said that there has been snowfall in Gaumul, Budhinanda, Himali and other rural villages of Bajura. Similarly, the locals have informed that there has been snowfall in Gara, Saukhark, Hagulte of Dadeldhura in Doti. The winter crops had started to dry up in the field due to lack of rain. Even though it is late, there is hope that the plants will grow after the snowfall," said Deepak Bohra of Bajhang Saipal.
Due to the increased cold along with snow and rain, people's lives have also been affected . Daily wage earners, children and the elderly are the most affected. Galpo Lhosar of Tamang community has also been affected by continuous rain and snowfall. Janu Tamang from Saipal said that because of the rain, everyone could not gather together and have fun.
According to meteorologist Dahal, 64.4 mm of rain has fallen in Calikot and 53.2 mm in Baitadi in the last 24 hours . 50 to 100 millimeters of rain is considered heavy rain. Saroj Pudasaini, meteorologist of the division, says that when the wind system coming from the west is active, it has rained well in many places. "Since this system will be active in the west, it has rained well in the western region," he said. Pudasaini informed that Humla, Rara area of Mugu, Dolpa, Jomsom, Bajura, Darchula received good snow. According to him, there are few stations above the height of 3000 meters of the department to measure the snow.
