Three persons died in an avalanche at Chyarkhu pass of Mugu district on Saturday. Vice Chairperson of Patarasi Rural Municipality Jan Maya Rokaya said that Tara Singh Sarki, 40, Purna Sarki, 36, and Bir Bohara, 36, of Talfigaun of Patarasi-2, Jumla district died in the avalanche. Fourteen people from Patarasi had gone to Chyarkhu to collect Yarshagumba.

Of them three passed away and nine others sustained minor injuries in the avalanche.

A team of police personnel has headed towards the incident site. Rokaya said that the District Administration Office, Province Government and Federal Government have been informed to carry out the rescue operations. Hundreds of people have traveled to the highlands in Mugu district to collect Yarshagumba though the local authorities have not allowed the pickers to the site before May 18. It has been learnt that the three persons who died in the avalanche had gone to the highlands (locally known as Patan) by using illegal routes.