Surkhet, April 18:

Remote districts of the Karnali zone, including Kalikot, Dolpa and Humla, are reeling under acute food shortage for the past 12 days as food grains could not be transported due to the general strike. Food items used to be airlifted from Birendranagar to the district headquarters on normal days. Said Khadka Gyawali, acting chief of the Nepal Food Corporation (Surkhet): “We have not been able to supply food grains because the airlines and contractors have not been showing interest in supplying them”.

Food stocks in Dolpa and Humla have been depleting, said the NFC (Surkhet). As air services came to a halt due to the strike, the NFC has not been able to supply foods grains to these districts, NFC sources said.

“NFC offices in district headquarters have been running out of food grains,” Gyawali said, adding: “Supply of food grains should be resumed at the earliest.”