MANGALBARE, March 23: Police have seized 2,000 kilograms (40 sacks) of Chhurpi (a traditional hard cheese mostly consumed in the Himalayan region of Nepal) being unlawfully smuggled into Ilam.

ARGHAKHANCHI, April 21: Nationwide lockdown has hard-hit the dairy farmers in the district. A chhurpi (traditional Nepali cheese) factory at Sandhikharka municipality-7, Gachchhe Bazaar has shut down owing to low demand and unavailability of transportation services.

ILAM, Sept 23: Approximately 60 quintals of Chhurpi (a traditional cheese) worth about Rs 8 million is exported every month to the United States of America from Ranke Bazaar bordering Ilam and Panchthar districts, local traders said.