As water sources dry up due to erratic snowfall and rising temperatures, villagers in the high-altitude Himalayan region abandon ancestral homes, becoming ‘climate refugees’, as they call themselves.

Rising temperatures and changing weather patterns enable vegetable farming in Mustang highlands.

Officials say the new office aims to streamline cross-border travel and enhance Korala dry port operations.

They had last been in contact on October 6 at 11 pm, after reaching an altitude of 8,000 metres.

The bodies retrieved with help of security personnel and sent to Jomsom District Hospital for postmortem.

IME group and a Chinese company among several parties building on the river.

The locals earn between Rs100,000 and Rs500,000 annually from mushrooms.

The wild red mushroom is in big demand due to its medicinal value, locals say.

While some families have migrated to the country’s urban centres, many individuals have left for foreign employment.

Footfall in the Annapurna Circuit has been on the rise this year, providing relief to businesses hit hard by the pandemic.

Lack of government support in production and marketisation amid a decline in the use of such paper has forced factories to shut down, local entrepreneurs say.

The party has locked in one federal and two provincial seats from the district.

New rule follows complaints from local villagers about the increasing boar population and the destruction they cause to crops.

A record number of 60 buses and 164 jeeps packed with tourists entered Mustang on March 18, the full moon day of the Holi festival, officials say.

It’s been almost a year since the disaster but the displaced families are still living in temporary huts.