The federal government has instructed local governments to arrange food for the poor people dependent on daily wages. The high-level Covid-19 Prevention and Coordination Committee led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Ishwar Pokhrel urged local governments to identify those people, and provide them with relief packages. 

The streets are empty. Industries are closed. Construction-related works and public transport have been halted. These sectors provide employment to a large number of daily-wage workers. There are also other vulnerable groups such as farmers, senior citizens, widows and those with disabilities who need immediate relief packages.

Earlier, issuing a press statement, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba urged the government to bring immediate relief. “I urge the government to bring relief package to low-income job holders, other workers and students living in rented apartments in Kathmandu,” said Deuba. 

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has started the process of collection of data of poor people in the city. According to the KMC, all ward committees have been instructed to collect data of daily-wage workers, people living in the street, and those without shelter.  According to Namaraj Dhakal, chief of Administration Department of the KMC, they will provide relief packages to those people after they collect data from all wards. Other some local governments have already started relief packages for the poor.