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A massive fire has occurred since last night in Nakchung community forest near Tenzing Hillary Airport in Lukla, Solukhumbu. The local residents said controlling the fire was a difficult task for them as the area is steep cliff.

Acting Chair of the Khumbu Pasang Lhyamu Rural Municipality Tasi Lhyamu Sherpa said a helicopter is called to douse the inferno adding that mobilising people there was not likely due to tough geography.

It is said that a helicopter has already flown to Lukla to extinguish the fire.

The Lukla Airport had to halt its service for an hour this morning because of smoke coming out from the massive fire taking place in the forest, Station Manager of Civil Aviation Authority Nepal Office in Lukla Dwarika Achhami said. Now, the regular flights have resumed.

Nepal logged 88 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Monday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 6,145 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 66 returned positive. Likewise, 2,493 people underwent antigen tests, of which 22 tested positive.

The Ministry said that 376 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.

As of today, there are 6, 150 active cases in the country. 

Bird flu has been detected in the Bhaktapur district. Three poultry farms at Suryabinayak Municipality-10 in the district recorded the bird flu.

Paila Agricultural Farm, Shikhar Poultry Farm and Ajima Poultry Farm suffered the avian flu.

The Animal Disease Investigation Laboratory, Tripureshwor confirmed the bird flu in the Bhaktapur farms. The Laboratory further said sub-type F5F1 virus of HP1 was detected in the chicken.

With the detection of the bird flu, the security committee meeting held at the district administration officials decided to destroy the poultries and poultry products.

Assistant Chief District Officer and Information Officer Madhav Prasad Sharma informed that the meeting decided to destroy the fowls, eggs, waste, and feed inside the demarcated area– Ajima Brick Factory en route to the Araniko Highway, roadway near Shikhar Poultry Farm in the north, the northern border of the Araniko Highway in the south, and the way en route to Panityanki in the north.

The Information Officer also said the vigilance would be upped on the transport of chicken and poultry products in the Kathmandu Valley including Bhaktapur with the cooperation of local levels, Livestock Service Experts Center, Lalitpur, and Livestock Service Department. RSS

Five persons of a single family were found dead at Nallu in Konjyosom of Lalitpur on Monday.

Police said that four persons were found dead in the house and one died during the course of treatment.

Kaili Syangden (55), Ashish Syangden (9), Sushma Syangden (23) and Ashma Syangden (7) were found dead in the house. 

Police said that two-day-old baby died in the course of treatment.

Police said that they are looking into the case.