3 Killed, 12 Injured In Avalanche In Nepal
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Three people were killed and 12 others wounded in another
avalanche in Mugu district in northwestern Nepal, a local official
said on Sunday, trend reports citing xinhua .
A total of 15 people from the neighboring Jumla district went to
Mugu in search of yarsagumba, a caterpillar fungus, but they were
hit by an avalanche on Saturday.
"All the 15 people were buried in the avalanche, 12 people could
flee the scene but three lost their lives," Purna Singh Bohora,
chairperson of the Patarasi Rural Municipality where the yarsagumba
pickers are from, told Xinhua.
The injured were receiving treatment at a local health post, he
said.
A team of security personnel was sent for the rescue operation,
but was hindered by snowfall, said Mohan Bahadur Thapa, chief
district officer of Mugu, which is known as the most remote
district in Nepal.
"The incident site is about a two-day walk from the district
headquarters. Our rescue team hasn't reached there yet," he told
Xinhua.
On May 2, five pickers of yarsagumba were killed in an avalanche
in the Darchula district in far-western Nepal.
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