Continuous snowfall “has thrown life out of gear here. “All are dormant. Here is no light, no drinking water,”
said a local, Kul Bahadur Thakali.
Even the telephone wires are snapped. With the electricity cut off, mobile phone and internet are fully disturbed.
The electricity supply is disrupted and air flights postponed. The 76-km long Beni-Jomsom roadway linking the district to the national highway has been fully blocked.
People are not able to go out of their homes. Similarly, the shops in the district headquarters are closed.
Technician at Nepal Electricity Authority in Mustang, Baburam Thapa, informed that more than half dozen electricity poles were crumbled thereby disrupting electricity supply.
According to him, the snow is piled up to three feet.
In Jajarkot, Dolpa and Rukum also, the life is badly affected due to the snowstorm.
Nayakbada, Sakla, Ramidanda, Rokayagau, Khagenkot (east), Ragda, Talegau, Daha areas witnessed the blizzard.
Most VDCs in the district are covered with snow.
http://www.nepalmountainnews.com/cms/2015/01/04/heavy-snowfall-throws-life-out-of-gear/
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