Bajhang, Aug. 27 -- Transportation of food and other daily essentials has been disrupted in Saipal, a remote rural municipality in Bajhang district, for the past one and half months. The locals are worried about a looming food shortage.

The only mule track that connects the remote settlements in Saipal with the outside world has been buried under a series of landslides triggered by monsoon rains. With the trail blocked, the transportation of food grains and daily essential commodities has come to a complete halt.

Saipal, one of the most inaccessible local units in Sudurpaschim province, relies on porters and pack animals, mainly mules and sheep, for transporting goods from Talkot to its highland villages. But locals say even walking the...