Food quality offices and district administrations in Kavrepalanchok, Banke and Kanchanpur have told sweet shops to display ingredients, prices and expiry dates as demand rises ahead of Tihar and Chhath.
Landslides at Pinthali and Gimdibesi in Roshi Rural Municipality have blocked the BP Highway in both directions, the District Police Office in Kavrepalanchok said on Saturday.
Motorable bridges spanning the Sunkoshi River in Kavrepalanchok and Udayapur remain stranded after years of contractor delays, forcing tens of thousands of residents to endure hazardous detours and seasonal isolation.
Monsoon floods have severed parts of the BP Highway and damaged a Kaligandaki bridge approach, while Nepal's first tourist cruise ship capsized during a rescue operation on the Narayani River.
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