Baitadi youths collect funds via Facebook for a cause

BAITADI: Youths from Baitadi district, currently living and working abroad, have teamed up to collect fund through social media for the development of Pattal Bhumeshwar area in the district.

So far, they have collected more than Rs 100,000 for the development of the area, a major religious tourism destination in Baitadi district.

The Pattal Bhumeshwar boasts of the deepest underground cave in the country.

The youths from the district, who are currently foreign countries including Malaysia and Qatar among others have created a Facebook group called Pattal Bhumeshwar Youth Awareness Online Campaign and started collecting funds.

Money collected through this campaign will be used for construction of main gate to the Pattal Bhumeshwar and other physical infrastructures, said Bir Bahadur Bista, joint treasurer of the campaign.