DARCHULA, May 19 -- People from Shauka community, who had migrated to Khalanga-the district headquarters of Darchula district-to avoid the cold, have started to climb up to higher areas after the onset of summer season.

Shauka folk spend their summer in the mountainous areas and migrate to Khalanga during winter.

Dan Singh Tinkari from the community said that they have a tradition to migrate to warmer places with their children and livestock every year to escape the cold.

Shauka people have been living at Tinkar and Chharung settlements in the high mountainous region of Byas Rural Municipality-1 for a long time. But since there's no roadway facility to travel to Khalanga from their settlements, they have to cross though Indian territor...