Humla, March 15: Simkot town and its surrounding areas in Humla district are reeling under the shortage of drinking water for the past two weeks.
Drinking water crisis has surfaced after sources of drinking water started drying up in lack of adequate snowfall this year.
Locals of lower village of Simkot are compelled to walk around three hours to reach Pinara water source t fetch water. A local Nain Singh Rawat said shortage of drinking water has surfaced after a Keukeu drinking water source located at Simkot rural municipality-4 started drying up as well as water supplied through a pipeline started freezing inside the pipe.
The drinking water is supplied from the drinking water project brought into operation from Tangin river located at Namkha rural municipality-1.
Saying earlier they did not face drinking water shortage even though there was up to 10 feet snow, Rawat mentioned, adding problem of drinking water shortage has surfaced in the district this year after most of the water sources started drying up following lack of adequate snowfall.
Meanwhile, Agriculture Development Office, Humla, has distributed 3,876 saplings of walnut and apple to 550 farmers in grant.
