The telephone service has been disrupted at three local levels of the Humla district for more than two weeks, leaving the service recipients without reliable communication.

In Kharpunath rural municipalities, villages such as Pius, Bacchegauda and ward no 3 of Sunkhada have experienced frequent outages, with the network signal only appearing late at night, according to a local resident, Shanti Shahi.

A telephone tower at Thana of Raya is dysfunctional now, she added. Likewise, in Sarkegaad, local residents of Syaltadi, Rip and Unapani villages report that the Nepal Telecom services are not functioning.

"Even if the mobile phone shows the signal, calls do not go through," lamented Binod Fadera of Rip village. The rural municipality itself lacks operational connection of telecommunication, added a local business person, Gagan Aidee.

Prolonged telecommunication disruption has plagued Piplang of Chankheli rural municipality for nearly a month. Locals must climb a high hill to make calls as the network fails to function in their locality, shared Basuna Tamang, a local resident.

Chankheli rural municipality Chairperson Pyarilal Shahi attributed the disruption in the telecommunication services in Nepal Telecom's tower at Melchham.

Shahi mentioned that administrative work has been hampered due to a lack of connectivity, and local residents are also facing problems in communication.

Also, the delay surrounding the construction of a 4G tower by Nepal Telecom to provide network access to the rural municipality has further added to the woes of the local residents for a reliable and convenient communication service.

Chief Administrator at Chankheli rural municipality, Deepak Giri, shared that they have been resorting to letter correspondence for administrative business in the absence of reliable telecommunication services.

Much to the dismay, wireless internet installed by a private company is also not functioning effectively, he said.