217 missing in Everest

Risingbd Desk: At least two hundred seventeen people are missing in Mount Everest region, according to ministry officials while another twenty-two bodies have been recovered from the quake triggered avalanche site in the Mount Everest base camp.

Thirty-two people have been rescued from the region, while 29 are being treated at the Lukla Hospital, officials say.

Suresh Acharya, joint secretary at the Tourism Ministry, however, said they were airlifted by five rescue helicopters.

The avalanche swept through a resting point of climbers, guides and porters during the climbing season. Last year 13 people were killed due to an avalanche .

Agencies

risingbd/ Apr 26, 2015/ Mahfuz/ Augustin Sujan