Tatopani Naka is deserted by Yarcha Tipne Chataro

This is the deserted scene that is currently seen in Lipingpari market of Tatopani crossing connecting Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality-2 with China. The reason for this is the Yarcha season. The residents of the eastern part of the district, together with the Chinese here, have already reached the high Lekali area of ​​China and Nepal to collect their main source of income, Yarchagumbu.

Dinesh Barai, senior immigration assistant at the Tatopani Immigration Office, said that China has given permission to collect and sell yarcha in the Lekali area of ​​the upper Himalayas here. There is not much activity in the border market as all the locals and businessmen have come to the Lake Bhage for Yarcha. Earlier, more than 3000 yarchas used to reach Sankalk Lake area including the capital and border areas along with various districts. For the yarcha season which starts from the second week of Baisakh, it is estimated that around 700 people have gone to pick yarcha from the border area alone.

The locals of Khasa, Ramite, Pang in China had brought about two dozen shops into operation in the attractive Chinese market beyond Miteri Bridge. "The Chinese market has become deserted as the shops that have been left have been handed over to others and most of them have closed their shutters and gone there," said Phunu Sherpa, president of Bhotekoshi Chamber of Commerce.

Earlier, Nepali map collectors were completely banned from collecting maps in the high areas of China. They used to go there to collect yarcha, even though they were willing to pay local risks, because the price of yarcha from places like Laptong, Raildon, and Manchaur located at the foot of Gaurishankar ice range and mountains in the territory of China was high. Now, since they have been allowed to pick up the yarchas based on the permit of the general public, the excited local yarcha collectors have left the village and reached the lake. Dayanand KC, Head of Tatopani Dry Port and Customs Office, said that although high-priced electric vehicles are being imported, the Chinese market is quiet due to the Yarcha season.

After 9 years of the earthquake and aftershocks, more than two dozen locals have renovated old houses and opened hotels and shops by keeping Chinese goods on the roofs in the hope of returning to the old condition. Sete Shrestha, a hotelier from Bhotekoshi-2, is worried as the market has become deserted since the second week of Baisakh, as local businessmen have come to the lake to pick yarcha. "Since the beginning of the yarcha collection season, there has not been much business, now the rains have started, and there is concern that there will be another outbreak at the border," he said.