Food shortage hits Baitadi villages
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BAITADI, OCT 15 - Twelve remote VDCs in Far-West Baitadi district are reeling with acute food shortage while the country is in the thick of Dashain festival.
The northern region of the district is facing a food crisis for months now, as the three depots of Nepal Food Corporation (NFC), the state-run food agency, at Darchula have run out of supply.
Food materials sold in the local market are beyond the affordable limit for the people of this poverty-stricken region. The unauthorised random price hike of daily essentials during the festival has only added to the misery of the poor families. “We don’t have food in Dashain,” Hikmat Singh of Tapoban VDC said. “Due to the festival the food price in the market has also shot up putting many families in a tight spot.”
Many people in the food-hit region pour their anger on the NFC for creating the crisis. The regional office of the NFC said the holdup in food supply occurred due to a dispute concerning the transport fare.
Every year, the NFC invites tender for the food transport in the Nepali month of Asar, but this time the tender announcement was made four months late.
Posted on: 2010-10-15 08:41
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