MANALI: A 24-year-old tourist from Jaipur, Rajasthan, who was trapped inside an avalanche for over two hours after a portion of it caved in at Koksar in Himachal's Lahaul valley, died while she was being moved to hospital on Sunday late evening.
Thousands of tourists are visiting Lahaul valley to see snow these days. Most tourists are heading to Koksar village, 9km from Atal tunnel, in the foothill of Rohtang pass. While snow from most areas has disappeared due to rising temperature, there is still deep snow at places where avalanches had occurred in the winter season. The tourist, Akansha, 24, was playing on the snow of one such old avalanche, when she met with the fatal accident.
