Locals look to UN chief Guterres to initiate conversation on saving Annapurna Base Camp

Soil erosion triggered by the South Annapurna glacier melt has put lives and businesses at risk of landslides and avalanches.

The chasm made by the South Annapurna glacier along the Annapurna Base Camp was not this wide or deep when Jaganras Gurung first set up the Annapurna Guest House and Restaurant at the base camp some four decades ago. In the decades since, Jaganras has witnessed gradual soil erosion triggered by the glacier melt which has put his establishment at risk of landslides and avalanches.