Four yarsa pickers dead in Mugu As many as four yarsa pickers died of altitude sickness in the past two days in Mugu district. The next one is receiving treatment in a local health facility. Nepal 02 Jun, 2024
Two yarsa pickers die from altitude sickness Two yarsa pickers died from altitude sickness in Mugu district. Nepal 01 Jun, 2024
Avalanche buries Yarsagumba pickers' tents in Byas Municipality of Darchula An avalanche at Boling, Ward No 1 of Byas Rural Municipality in Darchula this afternoon buried tents where yarsa pickers were sheltering. Nepal 03 May, 2023
Locals allowed to pick yarsa Officials have permitted locals of Manang district to collect yarsagumba (Cordyceps synensis) amid the COVID-19 scare. Nepal 27 Apr, 2021
Schools closed as yarsa picking season begins Bajura, May 25 A large number of schools in the mountainous districts have pulled their shutters after students and teachers ascended to the highlands to pick medicinal herb yarsa. With the beginning of the yarsa picking season, villages in... Travel 26 May, 2018
Yarsa pickers return empty-handed from Manang MANANG: Most of the yarsagumba pickers in the district have returned home empty-handed this season, thanks to the scarcity of precious larva-fungus combination in the Himalayan meadows. Yarsagumba, the caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis),... Travel 03 Jul, 2016
Yarsa picker shot dead in Mugu MUGU: A Yarsa picker was killed in an indiscriminate shooting by an unidentified armed group in course of collecting the prized herb, also called Himalayan viagra, in the alpine meadow last night. The deceased is identified as Karma Nakhyal,... Travel 15 Jun, 2016
Mobile school for yarsa pickers DOLPA: A mobile school is to be run this year too targeting students moving to Himalayan meadow for picking yarsagumba as part of their major source of income generation. District Education Officer Yubaraj Poudel shared that mobile schools will be... Travel 10 May, 2016
WHVs feted DAMAULI: Tanahun District Public Health Office on Saturday honoured three women health volunteers at a programme organised DPHO on the occasion of World Population Day. Saraswati Neupane, Nanu Maya Giri, and Hari Devi Panta of Byas Municipality were... Travel 12 Jul, 2015
Yarsagumba pickers declined after April 25 earthquake LAMJUNG: The number of yarsagumba pickers, in comparison to previous years, has declined more than half due to the April 25 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks. According to Chief District Officer, Devendra Lamichhane, only few people have arrived... Travel 09 Jun, 2015
Security up in Himalayan viagra picking zone RUKUM: Security has been beefed up in yarsa-collecting areas in order to avert criminal activities in Rukum and Dolpa. Many yarsa-pickers had returned empty-handed last year following a surge in incidents of robberies in these areas. “A number... Travel 05 Jun, 2015
