Scores trek to Langtang to mourn quake victims
Keshav P. Koirala
Langtang, April 25
Out of 150-plus houses, only one that was built under the cliff in the direction from which the quake-induced avalanche fell upon the village existed and people inside it survived. At least 216 people, including 41 foreigners, were killed in the tragedy, while 82 are still unaccounted for.
One year after the devastating earthquake, more than 200 people -- most of them kith and kin of those who perished in Langtang -- trekked from Syafrubensi and reached the site today to pay their tributes to their beloved.
They gathered at the ruins of 600-year-old Serkasa Stupa, where a Memorial Mani Wall has been built with the names of those who were confirmed dead inscribed on it.
