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The northern belt in Gorkha district has received snowfall.. 

Local residents have said that snowfall has been occurring in different places of Chumnumbri Rural Municipality. 

Normal life in the rural municipality has been  affected due to the snowfall, Pasang Funjo Lama of Chumnumbri Rural Municipality-7 said. 

"The area received light rainfall and snowfall last night. Snowfall is still taking place. The people are inside their houses. The yaks are also kept in the sheds," Lama added. 

The villages including Nile, Chhule, Pangdun, Lar, Phurpe, Lamagaun, Burji, Jong, Chhekam and others above an altitude of 3,000 meters are covered with snow.

Likewise, Samagaun, Syala and Lho villages in the rural municipality are blanketed with the snow.

Meanwhile, the tourists and trekkers in the Manaslu region have been affected after the snowfall. 

The tourists visiting Larke pass have stayed halfway after the snowfall in Manaslu region.

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale struck Sankhuwasabha district on Tuesday.

According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center, the epicenter of the earthquake that jolted the district at 7: 32 am today is Kimathanka. 

The District Administration Office, Sankhuwasabha, said that there are currently no reports of casualties or damage resulting from the earthquake.

Currently there is an impact of the westerly winds as well as the low-pressure system formed in the Arabian Sea, resulting in the generally cloudy situation across the country today.

The Weather Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology stated that moderate snowfall and rainfall are likely in the hilly and mountainous regions of different provinces including Gandaki, Lumbini and Karnali today.   

Light rainfall is expected to occur in one or two places in the Tarai belt today.  

Likewise, heavy snowfall and rainfall are likely to occur in the hilly and mountainous parts in Bagmati, Gandaki and Karnali Provinces today. 

The Division stated that the weather will be generally cloudy in the hilly regions of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini and Karnali Provinces and partly cloudy in the Tarai belt tonight.  

Similarly, there is the possibility of snowfall and rainfall in one of two places of the mountainous and hilly areas of Koshi, Gandaki, Bagmati, Lumbini and Karnali Provinces. 

There will be heavy snowfall and rainfall in one or two mountainous and hilly regions of Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces tonight, the Division stated in a bulletin today.

Prime Minister Sushila Karki performed Chhath Puja of Chhathi Mata by attending the celebrations at Kamalpokhari in Kathmandu this evening. PM Karki worshipped the Sun god and Chhati Mata at Kamalpokhari.

Arghya (the curd holy water) is offered to the Sun god by paying homage to the setting sun today, the main day of the Chhath festival. 

Devotees who are observing the festival with much reverence and assiduousness remain awake at the Chhath worshipping area from early morning today until next morning that concludes after offering Arghya to the rising Sun. 

It is stated in the Surya Purana that one's wishes will come true by celebrating the Chhath festival. According to mythological accounts, during the era of the Mahabharata, Draupadi and the five Pandavas spent one year in incognito worshipping the Sun, and the celebration of the festival is rooted in the same mythical narration. 

The government had also announced the nationwide public holiday today on the occasion of the Chhath festival.