Khotang faces food shortage

Khotang district has been facing shortage of food items leading to starvation of the thousands of people for the last three months.

According to reports, thousands of villagers of the district are close to starving after the Nepal Food Corporation (NFC) reduced the quota of food grains to the district.

The refusal of the local contractors to deliver food grains to the district on time further complicated the problem.

The villagers have been visiting the district administration on a daily basis demanding immediate supply of food grains.

NFC allocated 4,500 quintals of rice for the district last year. Stocks in Halesi, Aiselukharka and Khotang bazaar depots are exhausted. nepalnews.com ia July 24 08