Nepal: Woes aplenty as load-shedding refuses to go down

After indirectly becoming a cause for few unexpected deaths and loss of properties worth millions of rupees, the excruciating 16-hour long daily power cuts, invariably called "load-shedding", has now been blamed for the damage caused to a historic temple in the capital city.
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Some time ago a family consisting of a father, mother and their infant baby were found choked to death in their rented apartment in Kathmandu. Apparently, they had not properly doused the coal they had burnt to keep themselves warm in the cold and dark nights of the winter.

Similarly, few weeks ago, an elderly lady was burnt to death after her clothes caught fire from candles she had lit in her house during load-shedding hours in the evening.