25 percent voting in Jhapa-5
About 25 percent of voters had cast ballots by 10:30am in Jhapa Constituency No 5 during the House of Representatives election. The Returning Officer’s office said voting has been peaceful so far.
The constituency has drawn major attention due to a high-profile contest involving former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party Balen Shah.
Election officials said a total of 163,379 voters are registered in the constituency.
Clear weather predicted across the country today
The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has predicted that most regions of the country will experience clear weather today.
Furthermore, the Department has noted a chance of light rain and snowfall in certain hilly and mountainous areas.
In Koshi Province, a mix of partial clouds and predominantly clear conditions is expected in the mountainous, hilly, and Tarai regions, while much of the Tarai in Madhes Province will see mainly clear weather.
In Bagmati Province, a combination of partial clouds and mainly clear weather is forecasted for the mountains, hills, and Tarai areas. All regions of Gandaki Province are expected to have partial cloud cover. In Lumbini Province, partial clouds will be present in the mountainous and hilly areas, whereas the Tarai region will largely remain clear.
In Karnali Province, the weather is predicted to be predominantly clear in the mountainous and hilly areas.
The Department has indicated that clear weather will prevail in the mountainous, hilly, and Terai regions of Sudurpashchim Province.
Domestic flights will be conducted based on need on poll day: CAAN
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has said it would conduct domestic flights based on need on the poll day, tomorrow.
CAAN made it clear that all sorts of domestic flights would be operated on the basis of need, while the international flights would be conducted as usual except in Gulf countries.
The aviation authority also updated the flight schedules in view of the situation of airports in the destination countries of West Asia.
Several flights have been disrupted following the tension in the Gulf region.
Weather to remain partly cloudy in hilly and mountain regions
The upper atmosphere in Nepal is currently witnessing a high pressure system.
It is partly cloudy in the hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces, while it will be foggy till midday in the Tarai belt today, according to the Meteorological Forecast Division. Remaining places are predicted to have fair weather.
Tonight, the southern plains will have hazes, while the hilly and mountainous belts are forecasted to be partly cloudy and rest of the places generally fair weather.
