Tourists impacted by snowfall in Manaslu area

Gorkha, Oct 28: The northern belt in Gorkha district has received snowfall since last light.

The residents have said that snowfall is occurring in different sites of Chumnumbri Rural Municipality. The normal life in the rural municipality is affected due to the snowfall, Pasang Funjo Lama of Chumnumbri Rural Municipality-7 said. “The area received light rainfall and snowfall last night.

Snowfall is still taking place. The people are inside their houses. The yaks are also kept in the sheds,” Lama added. The villages, including Nile, Chhule, Pangdun, Lar, Phurpe, Lamagaun, Burji, Jong, Chhekam and others above an altitude of 3,000 meters are covered with snow.

Likewise, Samagaun, Syala and Lho villages in the rural municipality are blanketed with the snow. Meanwhile, the tourists and trekkers in the Manaslu region have been affected by the snowfall. The tourists visiting the Larke pass have stayed halfway after the snowfall in the Manaslu region.