BAJURA, NOVEMBER 15
The indigenous populations of the upper Bajura and other neighbouring regions have begun to relocate to the lowlands as weather has become colder.
With the dip in mercury, populations in the higher belts migrate to flatlands with their domestic animals every year.
People began migrating this year with the coming of the last week of Kartik, according to local Golu Bhote.
Locals migrate to southern part of the district including Barhabis, Kuldebmadau and other lower areas of Achham, Doti and Surkhet.
With the drop in temperature, majority of the mountainous areas of the district have witnessed snowfall, leading the people there to migrate to the lower elevation in a search of small trade to earn money while avoiding the bitter winter.
Ramesh Gurung of Budhinanda Municipality-10 is going to Achham with his five family members and domesticated animals. " The temperature in our village has drastically gone down," Gurung said, who also shared that they will be living in Achham for the next six months.
A majority of the Bhote community in the district, which numbers roughly to 10,000 people, migrates with other communities to places bordering Chinese territory for four months till the beginning of the rainy season.
This annual mass movement has severely impacted children's education, causing them to miss four to six months of school each year.
Around 640 households migrate every year during the winter season in Bajura district alone.
