Plucking of rhododendron flowers banned in Jumla

JUMLA: Chandannath Municipality has put a ban to pluck rhododendron flowers in its vicinity in a bid to save its existence.

People are banned to pluck national flowers in wards 2 and 3 of Dhalthapala Community Forest area.

“We have launch a campaign to put a ban on plucking of  rhododendron flowers  as the rampant plucking will pose a threat to its existence,” said Birkha Bahadur Sarki, chairman of Dhalthapala Community Forest.