Budhigandaki floods: Tourists stranded at Chum Valley
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Gorkha. Tourists who reached Chum Valley during the tour are stranded.
Tourists have been left stranded after the Budhi TAG_OPEN_div_15 Gandaki flood on Sunday swept away bridges and trekking routes.
Ganesh Karki, coordinator of the local hotel entrepreneurs sub-committee, said that tourists are in fear as they are not able to walk and go towards their destinations. He said that a big helicopter of the Nepal Army has been rescuing some of them since this morning.TAG_OPEN_div_13
According to the Manaslu Conservation Area Project (MCAP), there are more than 80 tourists in the Chum Valley at present. Dorje Lama, a hotelier of Chekampar, said that the tourists are scared as they have not been able to go anywhere. “They are not able to walk anywhere. Some are scared that their visas are about to expire. Some are scared that the blockade has been imposed,” he said.TAG_OPEN_div_11
Assistant TAG_OPEN_div_9 Chief District Officer Netra Sharma said that the government has decided that helicopters do not need permission to fly to rescue tourists in this situation. “If there is an emergency, their own company can rescue the tourists. Otherwise, the government will rescue them according to its own agenda,” he said. He said that priority has been given to the rescue of those stranded in the flood-affected areas.
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