Taplejung, Dec. 1 -- Dawasangmu Sherpa of Lelep Ghunsa, ward 6 of Phaktanglung Rural Municipality in Taplejung, received her social security allowance of Rs24,000 on Tuesday. She had not collected the monthly Rs4,000 allowance for the past six months.

To reach Dawasangmu, who lives at 3,100 metres above sea level in Ghunsa, local representatives spent two days travelling from Tapethok and Lelep. Earlier, ward chair Pembatansi Sherpa had delivered the allowances up to March/April.

District Police Chief Bedraj Gautam, who recently trekked to Kanchenjunga's Pangpema Basecamp, also witnessed the distribution.

Dawasangmu's family has two members eligible for social security allowances. She receives the senior citizen allowance, and her daug...