Tourists urged to take precautions in Upper Mustang
Tourists visiting Upper Mustang have been urged to take necessary health precautions.
With the number of tourists visiting Upper Mustang falling ill due to high altitude sickness, the Lomanthang Rural Municipality has issued a public notice urging all visitors to take precautions.
The notice issued by the Rural Municipality Chair TashinarbuGurung states that the extreme cold in Upper Mustang is increasing and tourists visiting high altitude areas are falling sick.
During this season, tourists visiting the Nepal-China Korala border point and Upper Mustang areas have been facing problems due to high altitude and the rural municipality has provided health services to the tourists despite limited resources, the notice states.
The rural municipality has stated that the patients suffering from high altitude sickness are being taken to the provincial hospital in Jomsom through free ambulance service.
Chair Gurung said that since the number of tourists visiting Upper Mustang is increasing after Dashain festival, they have been requested to adopt necessary health safety measures considering the health complications caused by high altitude.
No effect of monsoon, weather to remain fair today
The weather will remain partly cloudy in the hilly areas and mainly fair in the rest of the country.
Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places in the hilly region of Koshi Province.
According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the weather tonight will also remain mainly fair throughout the country.
There is no substantial effect of the monsoon system, across the country.
SC to register new cases from October 14
The Supreme Court is to register new cases including writs from Tuesday, October 14.
A full court meeting of the apex court held on Sunday made the decision to this effect.
The Court was set on fire during the GenZ protests on September 9.
The fire destroyed nearly 80 percent of the cases filed in the Supreme Court.
According to a Supreme Court source, preparations are underway to provide information about the registration of new cases to legal practitioners and Nepal Bar Association.
The hearing will begin from Tuesday.
Earlier, Bar officials including Attorney General had suggested the Supreme Court to move ahead by filing new cases.
Property worth Rs 40m damaged in recent rain-induced disasters in Jhapa
The recent rain-induced disasters damaged properties worth Rs 40 million in Kankai area in Jhapa district.
Mayor of Kankai Municipality Rajendra Kumar Pokharel shared that the city witnessed property damages of Rs 40 million from the disaster that occurred in the first week of October.
The flood in Mai river in Kankai Municipality submerged almost 25 bighas of land and has damaged 800 meters of roads.
Likewise, 50 households in the municipality were affected.
Currently, the municipality is providing relief materials to the affected households with collaboration with different social organizations.
Mayor Pokharel also pledged to unveil different relief packages to the affected community on behalf of the municipality.
Meanwhile, at least 2,500 children were affected from the rain-induced disasters in the district, Assistant Chief District Officer of Jhapa Tej Prakash Prasain said.
"The affected children are being provided with educational materials. The concerned local levels have been asked to manage the textbooks for the children," Prasain added.
