May 7: Three people from Patarasi Rural Municipality in Jumla district died in an avalanche that occurred at Chyarkhu pass of Mugu district on Saturday.    
Vice-Chairperson of Patarasi Rural Municipality Jana Maya Rokaya said that Tara Singh Sarki, 40, Purna Sarki, 36, and Bir Bohara, 36, of Talfigaun of Patarasi-2 died in the avalanche.      
Fourteen persons from Patarasi had gone to Chyarkhu to collect Yarshagumba, a prized herb found in the Himalayas. Of them, three passed away and nine others sustained minor injuries in the avalanche.    
A team of police personnel has moved to the affected site.    
Rokaya shared that the District Administration Office, Province Government and Federal Government have been requested for rescue operations.    
Hundreds of people have travelled to the highlands in Mugu district to collect Yarshagumba although the local authorities have not allowed people to collect the herb before May 18. It is said that the three persons who died in the avalanche had gone to the highlands (locally known as Patan) by using informal routes. -- RSS