BAJHANG: Local levels in Bajhang have decided to restrict people from picking Yarshagumba this year in the wake of lockdown imposed to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak.
People from Surma, Saipal, Bungal and other local levels in the district used to go up to the mountainous to comb meadows for the rare medicinal herb.
With the onset of the New Year, people here used to pick the Yarshagumba.
Chairperson of Saipal rural municipality Rajendra Dhami said that people were banned to collect the medicinal herb as the crowd could spread coronavirus.
Yarshagumba is one of the major sources of income to most of the people in Bajhang.
A local from Saipal rural municipality, Bam Bahadur Bohara, however, shared the plight that it would be difficult for them to manage family expenses including their children’s school fee if they were not allowed to pick Yarshagumba.
People from neighboring districts also gather in thousands to collect the medicinal herb found at the altitude of 3,000 to 4,000 meters from April to July.
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