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Saipal collects Rs2m in fees from yarsa pickers

Saipal Rural Municipality in Bajhang district has collected Rs 2 million in revenue by issuing permits to yarsagumba pickers. Around 4,500 people have assembled on the slopes of Mt Saipal in western Nepal to collect the fungus which is prized as an aphrodisiac. Saipal collects Rs2m in fees from yarsa pickers
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Basanta Pratap Singh
Published at : June 8, 2018
Updated at : June 8, 2018 10:04
Bajhang

Basanta Pratap Singh

Basanta Pratap Singh is the Bajhang correspondent for Kantipur Publications.


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