Narpa polling centres yet to be monitored as frozen waterfall blocks access
Summary
Polling centres in Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality, Manang, have yet to be monitored due to frozen waterfalls blocking access ahead of the March 5 elections.
Key Points
- Polling centres in Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality remain unmonitored less than two weeks before the March 5 House of Representatives elections.
- A frozen waterfall at about 3,300 metres elevation is blocking the trail to Narpa, preventing access.
- Twenty personnel from Nepal Army, Armed Police Force, and Nepal Police are clearing the path with shovels and pickaxes.
- Discussion to relocate polling centres to the district headquarters was opposed by locals and not formally recommended by the municipality.
