Kathmandu, Oct. 1 -- run Food Management and Trading Company will not sell goats and chyangra, or Himalayan goats, during Dashain this year, abandoning a practice it has followed in previous years to help keep festival-season prices in check.

The company decided against buying and selling the animals after repeated road disruptions raised the risk of goats losing weight or dying during transport, according to Madhav Mishra, the company's information officer.

The decision also reflects continued losses from the business, Mishra said. "We have consistently suffered losses in previous years. "With repeated road disruptions making it difficult to transport the animals, we have decided not to sell goats this year either," he said. "The purch...