Kathmandu, Sept. 17 -- In Tarsama, ward 1 of Gosainkunda Rural Municipality in Rasuwa, relief workers on Tuesday measured out rice and lentils into small containers before distributing them to flood-displaced families.

The unusual method was necessary because the road connecting the ward to Dhunche, the district headquarters, remains cut off after the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood. Relief supplies have reached Dhunche, but getting them to remote settlements remains difficult.

"We still can't transport relief supplies by road, so we measured out rice and lentils into containers for distribution in Tarsama on Tuesday," said Urken Chhiring Lama, chairman of ward 1. "Supplies brought by helicopter are not coming in small sacks, so we have to m...