750 trekkers rescued from Tilicho base camp after snowfall

KATHMANDU:- As many as 750 persons stranded at Tilicho base camp of a mountainous district, Manang, have been rescued by a joint squad of the Nepali Army, the Armed Police Force and the Nepal Police. 

APF Spokesperson Shailendra Thapa informed that they were brought to Khangsar of Disyang rural municipality-9 from the base camp. The people who had reached there for the visit were stranded after the blizzard since last night.

However, 50 others are kept safely at the base camp. Those relocated to Khangsar are managed again for safe return to homes and travel origins because Khangsar also lacked lodging facility.

Meanwhile, Nepal Mountain Rescue Training Institute of the Armed Police Force rescued 45-year-old Birendra Rasaili after he fainted with altitude sickness. He was returning home after visiting the Tilicho Lake. He was taken to Humde Health Post from Khangsar.

Rasaili is originally from Kathmandu Metropolis-31.

With the establishment of the Training Institute, the search and rescue of the missing and stranded ones have been easier.(RSS)