Floods in Rolwaling due to the bursting of the Himalayan lake

The Himtal at an altitude of 4,300 meters is also known as Bhairav ​​Lake by the locals. Locals of Beding went to Na village near Chho-Rolpa for worship. On the same night, the locals said Himtal broke.

He said that the upper part of Dorji Phungmo Beding belongs to the base chapter of Gourishankar Himal. There are many small and big lakes in this area. Daba informed that the locals are panicking because no one knows about the condition of other lakes.

"There are many ice lakes in Beding and Nako area, this year it was very hot," said Daba, who also climbed Mt. Everest for the 11th time. No one has counted how many such small Himalayas there are, Chaunri shepherds come to the village and tell them if they see them.

In the past, even though the flow of water from the Himalayas would increase in this season, he said that he did not know that they had burst causing such damage.

Pemachiri Sherpa told Kantipur after the rescue on Saturday that he could not report the Himtal burst due to communication disruption. "We all went up for worship, suddenly at night there was a loud explosion." We assumed that the landslide occurred because of the rain,' he said, 'but the lake above Beding has burst, and the water from that lake has flooded the river. "It was only when I got to see the area where the landslide came that I realized that the lake had burst in the upper part," he said.

He said that the Rolwaling river was blocked for a while after the landslide occurred. According to him, the flood of the same river has damaged the lower areas. Dogang has been the most affected by the flood. All the structures of Dogang have been swept away by the flood. There were 8 small hotels to accommodate tourists along the Dogang Rolwaling trail. The flood has damaged a footbridge, 2 narrows and electricity poles of the national transmission line to Beding.

14 tourists who have been stranded for a week have been rescued due to landslides and landslides. An army helicopter rescued a stranded domestic tourist from Na on Saturday. The Chief District Officer Tuvraj Pokharel said that along with the rescue of tourists, food was also transported to the village where contact was lost.

'All those who were stranded have been rescued, some of them did not come to stay in the village because they were in crisis,' he said He said that he was there. "For the time being, food and other goods have been taken," he said, "after the weather opens, efforts are being made to make the road easier."