Mustang, one of the two districts “beyond the mountains”, witnessed the season’s first snowfall on Wednesday. The district has been witnessing snowfall since this morning. Farmers, tourists, traders and locals have been elated following the snowfall.

This is the first unseasonal snowfall the district has witnessed in the current fiscal year.

The snow has started blanketing the hills from lower Mustang to Upper Mustang. The weather is gloomy in Mustang at present. With the snowfall, locals and tourists have started playing and enjoying the first snowfall of this season. Civil Society leader of the Jomsom Chandra Bahadur Thakali said that this is the first snowfall of this season. The snowfall provided much-need relief to the farmers, he said. All the places of Lo Manthang, Loghekar Damodarkunda, Waragung Muktichhetra, Gharpojhang and Thasang have been witnessing snowfall.