MUGU: As many as four yarsa pickers died of altitude sickness in the past two days in Mugu district. One person is receiving treatment in a local health facility.    
Chief District Officer of Mugu, Topendra KC, said that Devraj Budha, 20, of Tallekhgaun from Chhayanath Rara Municipality-10 in the district died on the way to the District Hospital in Gamgadhi on Saturday as his treatment was not possible in Mugu Health Post.

Likewise, the health condition of Jiban Budha of the same village is serious due to altitude sickness.    
Similarly, Man Bahadur Budha, Shovan Budha and Raj Bahadur Sawad of Chhayanath Rara Municipality-12 died after suffering from altitude sickness in Patan Thulo Koiki area.    
The Mugum Karmarong Rural Municipality has allowed collection of yarsa, a prized herb with purported aphrodisiac property, in more than 25 highlands of the district from May 7. -- RSS