Glaciologists, local communities mourn loss of Yala glacier

Glaciologists and local communities mourned the loss of Nepal's Yala glacier, believed to be the first Nepalese glacier to be declared "dead".

- Jayashree Nandi

NEW DELHI:

Locals and glaciologists from four countries — Nepal, India, China and Bhutan — in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) gathered to mark the accelerating disappearance of Yala Glacier in Langtang, Nepal on Monday according to a statement by Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).