Badimalika snowfall update: One person rescued and search ongoing for another missing

Bajura: One out of the two people who had been stranded in Badimalika area in Bajura following heavy snowfall has been rescued by a helicopter of the Nepali Army.

Badimalika is a popular tourist and pilgrimage destination in Bajura. Sagar Karki, 21, a resident of Krishnapur Municipality-2, Kanchanpur, who was trapped at the Triveni Patan at Badimalika, has been rescued. He had been sheltering at a pilgrim’s shed at Triveni Patan since Friday, after it started to snow while returning after paying homage at the goddess Badimalika shrine.

The shrine is at an altitude of 4,200 metres above sea level. Chief District Officer Muktiram Rijal said that the youth trapped due to the snowfall has been rescued and brought to Martadi, the district headquarters.CDO Rijal said the youth is in normal health condition.

According to CDO Rijal, a helicopter, along with the required personnel, has departed for the Badimalika area from the district headquarters-based Ishwaribaks Company of the Nepali Army, in search of 20-year-old Manish Bohara of Daiji, Bedkot Municipality, Kanchanpur, who has gone out of contact in the Badimalika area.

A team of five persons, including Karki and Bohara, had, on October 26, left Martadi, the district headquarters, for Badimalika. Three members of the team have already returned to Martadi from Badimalika.

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