Helambu to revitalize identify as a hub of apples

Sindhupalchok, 4th November. Local residents have joined their hands to develop Sindhupalchok’s popular tourism town, Helambu, as a hub of apples after a hiatus of around 37 years. All the apple trees were cleaned up when they did not yield since 1983.

Now the local youths are putting their efforts to change the narrative. They are working to bring back the history when over 300 kg of apples produced in the first year of apple re-yielding. Renjen Hyolmo, a local, shared that the farmers sold out all apple produce in the market same year which had also rekindled their hope to revitalize the lost identity.