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Four persons died in a tractor accident near Mauwakhola Rural Municipality-4 in Taplejung district on Tuesday. Tractor driver Pasang Sherpa (31) and Furwa Sherpa (24) of Mauwakhola-5 and Sharmeela Sherpa (22) and Laki Sherpa (17) of the same family from Mauwakhola-4 died in the mishap, said Mauwakhola Rural Municipality Chairperson Bijaya Prakash Banem. According to him, all of them died on the spot. He said that the incident occurred when the tractor heading towards Kamsang from Power sub-station ofTellabung fell some 200 meters down the road last night.

Jumla district has started facing shortage of cooking gas and petroleum products due to obstruction of Karnai Highway following incessant rainfall. Consumers have been facing difficulties due to lack of sufficient amounts of cooking gas and petroleum products in the market. Assistant Chief District Officer, Pramila Rijal, said the market has witnessed shortage of petroleum products following disruption of Karnali Highway. A team headed by Deputy Mayor of Chandannath Municipality Ram Devi Khadka and Assistant Chief District Officer Rijal had carried out monitoring of groceries and dealers of petroleum products after receiving the complaint of black marketing in the name of road disruption. Rijal shared that there is a stock of food stuffs and edible oil in the market which is enough for around two months. The team had carried out monitoring of 10 shops. According to the Road Division Office, Jumla, efforts are underway to resume the road as soon as possible.

Six people, including a pilot, were killed after a helicopter carrying the pilgrims crashed near Kedarnath in Uttarakhand today, officials have said, NDTV reported. The helicopter crashed near Garu Chatti, they said, adding that six bodies have been recovered so far and a rescue operation is underway. The helicopter crashed right after the takeoff from Kedarnath because of bad weather, sources say, according to NDTV.

Two persons died and two others including a child sustained injuries when the motorbikes they were riding on collided with each other at Birtamod Municipality on Monday. DSP Basanta Pathak of the District Police Office, Jhapa said that the motorbikes (Ma 5 Pa 1604 and Ma 3 Pa 5580) collided head-on at Beldangi in Birtamod Municipality-2 yesterday evening. The deceased have been identified as Anis Sauden (25) of Bahradashi-2 and Bholaraj Bhujel (43) of Bahradashi-6. DSP Pathak said that Chandrakala Bhujel (42) and her nine-year-old daughter Prasanna were injured in the incident. Critically injured in the accident, both the riders were rushed to the B and C Hospital where they breathed their last during the course of treatment. Meanwhile, the injured mother and daughter are undergoing treatment at the Birta Hospital in Birtamod. Police said that they are looking into the case.