Woman dies of cold

JUMLA: FEB. 6 – A woman of Topla village of Tatopani Rural Municipality-8 of Jumla has died due to severe cold after being trapped in the snow.

According to local resident Devilal Shahi, she died on Feb 3 while she was going to cultivate Setak Chini, a medicinal herb, in Patan of the same village.

Devilal said that she had gone to Patan to collect the medicinal herb on Feb 3 when heavy snowfall took place the same night. She was found dead the next day in the jungle after a search was carried out since she did not return home.

He said that the police could not reach the spot as it was a day’s walk from Khalanga, the district headquarters of Jumla.