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Yarsa pickers death toll in Dolpa rises to eight

DOLPA, June 6: Eight people who had gone to various highlands of Dolpa to collect Yarsa have died due to extreme cold.
By BISHNU PRASAD DEVKOTA

DOLPA, June 6: Eight people who had gone to various highlands of Dolpa to collect Yarsa have died due to extreme cold.


It hasn’t been a week that three more people lost their life due to the extreme cold. In total, eight people have died.


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The deceased have been identified as Krishna Bahadur Shahi, 31 of Rukum West Aathbiskot rural municipality-09, Dhana Kala Budha, 40 of Dolpa Thulibheri municipality and Kanchhi BK, 40 of Kaike rural municipality.


 


 

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