With hotter days and approaching monsoon, snakebite incidents on rise

A study shows close to 3,000 people die of snakebites every year in the Tarai alone, many even before reaching the hospital.

Last Monday, two siblings— Greece Pahadi, 13 and his younger brother Grishma, 3— were bitten by a venomous snake while sleeping. The incident took place at their home in Dudhauli Municipality-1 of Sindhuli district.