The government started selling firewood to the public from Sunday to ease the effects of the fuel and cooking gas shortage caused by the blockade. People came in the dozens to buy firewood at a government depot at Balkumari on Tuesday.
All photos: Gopen Rai
A woman pulls out a piece of wood from a pile.
A woman carries a piece of firewood.
A woman pulls out a piece of wood from a pile.
A woman throws a piece of firewood aside.
A man throws a piece of firewood aside.
A truck unloads a pile of firewood.
Two men pile up firewood on their bicycle.
A man balances a pile of firewood on his bicycle.
A man and woman balance a pile of firewood on their bicycle