A health desk established at the entry point of the district at Daderi in view of screening new entrants to the district has been closed after the enforcement of the lockdown. According to District Health Office Chief Bishal Subedi, the health desk was closed because none was entering the district

The Pyuthan Police on Friday held eight people for defying lockdown imposed by the government over coronavirus crisis. Likewise, ten vehicles have been taken under control. Meanwhile, 127 people got health checkups at a help desk set up at the border of Dang and Pyuthan districts, it has been said.

There is a delay in the construction of a substation distribution line at Damti in the district. Negligence of the contractor, AK International Nepal, is blamed for the delay, said engineer Gyan Bahadur Pharsal at the province division office, Nepalgunj, Nepal Electricity Authority. Following the failure to complete the Rs