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Will the pandemic crush Nepal’s trekking industry?
With nearly all tourism in the region halted, Sherpa communities here face a precarious future.
Hikers trek to Everest Base Camp in Nepal. The coronavirus has eviscerated Nepal’s tourism economy.Photograph by Kriangkrai Thitimakorn, Getty Images
ByBen Weissenbach
Email
Three vertical miles above the Indian Ocean, eight days by foot from the nearest road, the hamlet of Dzongla sits in a windswept, snow-streaked pass beneath Mount Everest. On either side, Lobuche peak (20,075 feet) and Cholatse (21,128 feet) rise so sheerly that they seem to overhang the cluster of stone-walled and tin-roofed buildings below one of the highest and most remote human settlements on Earth.
Electric Shock Kills Man at Lirangwe
Rodrick Makwaza has died after being electrocuted at Lirangwe in Blantyre.
Chileka Police Spokesperson, Sub Inspector Peter Mchiza, says Makwaza Makwaza was working as a security guard and garden boy for Green Valley Lodge.
“Around 11:00 am on this fateful day, his employer Maria Pauliae Baradd, commanded him to cut down branches of a tree which were near power lines.
“Makwaza was joined by Jeremiah Alfonso during the exercise. In the process, one branch got contact with the power lines and produced shock that hit both Makwaza and his friend.
“Makwaza died on the spot while Alfonso sustained injuries and was admitted at Mulambe Mission Hospital where he is receiving treatment,” he said.