Throughout the shutdown, authorities in different districts around Kathmandu have started stopping people walking the streets on their way home from urban areas like Kathmandu.
In the wake of the rising number of cases of coronavirus infection, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had ordered the authorities to strictly enforce the lockdown restrictions earlier Friday.
Scores had left Kathmandu before this after being stripped of their work during the lockdown. Most trucks and other vehicles have had some of them brought.
Yet, with orders from the prime minister, security personnel have halted hundreds of walks in Kavre, Dhading, and Chitwan districts among others. "We barred anyone from walking on the streets except in emergency situations," says Kavre Chief District Officer Shrawan Kumar Timalsina, "There are a few people coming in, but we stopped them wherever they arrive in coordination with local authorities." He says the district officials are working with their counterparts in the Kathmandu Valley to stop them in the valley.
Directive of the prime minister had come only a few hours after the Supreme Court had directed the government to help those walkers safely reach their destinations.
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