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As the number of people going home for Dashain has increased, Kathmandu Valley has become deserted. The streets of Kathmandu, which used to have heavy traffic, are now deserted. There are only a few cars on the road. After the reduction in traffic, the crossings connected to Kathmandu are also normal. It is estimated that more than 2m people left the valley this year.

Around 15,000 goats have been sacrificed at the Rajdevi temple in Janakpurdham. This year, 14,941 goats were sacrificed there. The sacrifice started from 8:41 PM on Monday night and continued till 3:53 AM on Tuesday morning. Thousands of devotees had lined up since early morning on Monday for the event.  This time four temporary spaces were kept for the goat sacrifice. Volunteers were recruited in groups of 10 for each location. 24 goats were sacrificed per minute, six in one place. Five hundred volunteers were mobilized to organize the sacrifice program.  Earlier, 14,366 goats were sacrificed in Rajdevi temple in 2021. Similarly 8,968 in 2020, 14,997 in 2019 and 2018, 12,307 in 2017, 14,617 in 2016, 13,801 in 2015, 14,722 in 2014 and 14,861 goats in 2013 were sacrificed.

Light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning is currently occurring at few places in Province 1, Madhes and Bagmati provinces. This afternoon, Province 1, Madhes and Bagmati provinces are expected to have moderate to high thunderstorms, while the rest of the provinces are expected to have partial to moderate thunderstorms. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at a few places in the rest of the provinces too. At night too, there will be general rain across the country. According to the Meteorological Division, there is a possibility of heavy rain at a few places in Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces and one or two places in Province 1, Madhes province.

Nepal reported 35 new Covid-19 cases on Monday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 455 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 26 returned positive. Likewise, 994 people underwent antigen tests, of which 9 were tested positive. The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours and 65 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 850 active cases in the country.