Chepang are among the most vulnerable due to the combination of April 2015 Nepal earthquake and 2015 Nepal blockade . More than 50 per cent of the people killed were from marginalised communities ranked low in the Human Development Index ( HDI ) . Chepang communities were already suffering from severe malnutrition before the blockade , along with the Tamang . Due to historic discrimination and neglect and remote communities , Chepang have suffered discrimination even at the hands of the Nepali Food Corporation in charge of emergency food distribution . Social activist KP Kiran Sharma said Chepangs compulsorily eat rice during Dashain , where meat is often eaten by more wealthy groups , but they are unlikely to afford even rice this year ( 2015 ) . Hence they are among the most vulnerable ethnic groups facing potential population bottleneck in the winter of 2015/16 despite their already small numbers
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
Chepang people