Jajarkot has been experiencing continuous snowfall since Thursday evening, bringing life to a standstill.

Kushe Rural Municipality, Barekot Rural Municipality and JuniJand Rural Municipality among others places of the district have been witnessing the snowfall.

Kushe Rural Municipality, Panchkatiya, Samayela, Barekote, Ramidanda, Rokayagaun and Nayakwada among other places have witnessed heavy snowfall.

The places received up to three feet of snow.  Local Khagendra Bohara of Barekot Rural Municipality said that the village witnessed heavy snowfall this time.

“Though the snowfall has affected normal life, it is good from the environmental point of view.

The hills and the settlements have been blanketed with snow.

Rivers and water sources have turned into ice due to the extreme cold.

Children and elderly people have been affected in particular due to the snowfall and rainfall.

The hills surrounding Khalanga, district headquarters of Jajarkot, have also been blanketed with the snow.

Locals have thronged Panchkatiya near Khalanga to play with the snow.