Radha Dhungana

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Lukla sees more than 100 flights as tourist arrivals go up

Published On: October 15, 2017 12:19 PM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, Oct 15: With an increase in the number of tourists visiting Solukhumbu, number of flights operating at Khumbu Airport has increased. There are more than 100 flights operating from the airport every day.

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Woman found dead

Published On: October 11, 2017 01:45 PM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, Oct 11: A 50-year-old woman has been found dead at Dudhkunda Municipality-1 on Wednesday.

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Syangboche airport not in operation for 10 years

Published On: September 15, 2017 07:15 AM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, Sept 15: Syangboche Airport in Solukhumbu district, the highest-altitude airport of Nepal, has remained non-operational since the past one decade. Except for helicopters that started operating here recently to transport goods, no flights have operated here in the past 10 years.

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Hydro projects pose high risk to human settlements

Published On: August 1, 2017 03:15 AM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, July 31: Locals of Nigale and Samle villages of Solukumbu remain quite tensed these days. Hydropower projects of upper Solu and lower Solu have taken away their peace of mind. As the ongoing projects have put their settlement at high risk of landslides, the villagers have demanded for their relocation to safer zones and due compensation.

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MC victorious in Likhu Pike Rural Municipality

Published On: June 29, 2017 09:15 PM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, June 29: Dumbar Bahadur Basnet of CPN (Maoist Center) has been elected as the chairman of Likhu Pike Rural Municipality of Solukhumbu in the second phase of local elections.

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UML district secretary defeated in race for Ward member

Published On: June 29, 2017 01:45 PM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

Solukhumbu, June 29: A Secretary of CPN-UML District Committee has lost the election in  Solukhumbu district.

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Passengers hit as bad weather grounds flights at Lukla

Published On: June 22, 2017 03:04 PM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, June 22: Bad weather has grounded regular flights at Lukla-based Tenzing Hillary Airport in the district.

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Dead bodies of foreign citizen found; missing from 14 months

Published On: May 28, 2017 06:46 PM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, May 28: Two dead bodies of foreign citizens have been found on Sunday which was missing from 14 months during their Mount Everest expedition.

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Co-pilot succumbs to injuries, air hostess airlifted to KTM

Published On: May 28, 2017 09:42 AM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, May 28: Summit Air Co-pilot Srijan Manandhar, who sustained serious injuries of Saturday's crash at Tenjing-Hilary Airport, Lukla, succumbed to injuries.

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Summit Air crashes at Lukla Airport, captain dies (Update)

Published On: May 27, 2017 04:58 PM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, May 27: A Summit Cargo Air (Goma Air) plane has crashed at Tenzing Hillary Airport on Saturday afternoon.

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SNP halts construction of hotel in Labuche

Published On: April 27, 2017 08:14 PM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, April 27: At a time when the flow of the tourist is increasing in the Khumbu region of the district, the Sagarmatha National Park (SNP) has halted the construction of a hotel in Labuche of the region since one year.

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Man relinquishes US Green Card to contest local polls

Published On: April 24, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, April 24: A 72-year-old Nepali has relinquished his US Green Card to fight the upcoming local elections.

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Increased number of permit seekers to scale Mt. Everest

Published On: April 18, 2017 08:20 PM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, April 18: The permit of permission seeker to scale the Mount Everest has increased this year. 365 mountaineers have already got the permit to climb the highest peak of the world.

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Khumbu Hotels chock-a-block with tourists

Published On: April 13, 2017 02:01 AM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, April 11: Flooded with tourists this season, hotels at Gorakshep and Lobuche in the Khumbu region of Solukhumbu are finding it hard to manage rooms for the tourists visiting the district. As a result, tourists are facing a tough time finding accommodation.

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Visitors to EBC swell

Published On: April 5, 2017 08:30 AM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, April 5: Although the climbing season is yet to begin, a substantial rise in the number of trekkers to the Everest Base Camp(EBC) has made it difficult for expedition companies to manage logistics to host the visitors.

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Tingla folks obstruct key road protesting new local restructuring

Published On: March 25, 2017 12:40 AM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, March 25: Locals of Tingla VDC in Solukhumbu district have taken to the streets protesting against the restructuring of local units. Stating that their VDC was included in Necha Salyan Rural Municipality against their wishes, the locals blocked the roads in the area starting Friday.

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Two elderly declared innocent after eight years in prison

Published On: February 25, 2017 10:04 AM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, Feb 25: Two elderly men jailed on the charge of murder were declared innocent by the Supreme Court on Thursday after serving eight years in prison.

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Open defecation in Everest poses risk of health hazard

Published On: February 9, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLKHUMBU, Feb 9: Despite attempts to get rid of garbage dumped at Mount Everest, the ever growing open defecation in the once sacred mountain is posing serious threat to its cleanliness as well as possible outbreak of diseases in the lowlands.

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Imja River bridge still uncertain

Published On: February 8, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Radha Dhungana

SOLUKHUMBU, Feb 8: Work to build a suspension bridge over Imja River, which lies along the trekking trail to the Everest Base Camp, has not begun even though locals formed a consumers' group to facilitate the work two years ago.

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