गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Nepal ∕ Border security persons face hardship in freezing cold conditions Nepal Border security persons face hardship in freezing cold conditions KathmanduPati December 25, 2020 SIMKOT- The border security persons and people staying back for looking after the house at Hilsa are facing hard time in Namkha rural municipality with the increasing cold. The Karnali river has frozen. The temperature at Hilsa, the border transit point with Tibet Autonomous Region of China, has plummeted to minus 15 degrees Celsius. The Karnali river has frozen and water cannot be seen flowing, said Inspector Suraj KC, the In-charge of the Armed Police Force (APF)’s border outpost (BOP) at Hilsa. According to him, the river is frozen 24 hours and people can walk across the river. KC added that life has become difficult for them and the some people at Hilsa who have stayed back home to look after their property. Most of the residents of Hilsa have moved to the other warmer places to escape the harsh winter. “People cannot even come out of their house due to the freezing temperature and windy condition,” he added. The water taps have also frozen and one has to pour hot water for having running water. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Kathmandu again ranked world’s most polluted city with AQI 162 ‘Nepal will lend full-fledged support to enable UN’ Lalitpur forest fire: Another injured also dies Pollution rises in Kathmandu, people urged to wear masks Nepal’s approach to population and development is right-based: DPM Yadav Communications Minister expresses grief over fire incident in Rajpur Hadbas Top Headlines Nepal, India sign long-term agreement on electricity export, materializing MoU reached during PM’s visit1 NC, Maoist Centre discuss about NA election2 1.3 kilos of gold confiscated from TIA3 Govt. forms former-judge Poudel led probe commission to investigate Balkumari incident4 Dhakal recommended as SC chief registrar5 Manpower agency owner arrested for cheating more than Rs 1.9 million6 President expresses concern over ’emptying’ villages for lack of employment opportunities7 PM Dahal stresses on developing innovative agricultural system8 TRENDING Lockdown 2.0: What the Government should do this time around Forbes-listed billionaire Binod Chaudhary tests positive for coronavirus Tourism entrepreneurs get crash course in Chinese language Female officer placed in charge of armed force after 50 years Former PM Bhattarai felicitates Indian taekwondo head coach Jaigadi CDO of Kanchanpur transferred to Ministry of Home Affairs Pandemic may not halt festivities New IGP Kshetri sets new police force reforms into motion