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Taplejung, Oct 30: As many as 250 domestic and foreign tourists on their way to the Kanchenjunga area have been stranded midway due to adverse weather in the Himalayan region following the cyclone 'Arnab' developing in the Bay of Bengal. 
With snowfall increasing in the higher regions and dipping temperature with drizzling in the lower areas, tourists heading to and from the base camp were unable to reach their destinations and had to stay in hotels and settlements along the way. The hotels in the settlements are full of tourists. 
According to photojournalist Rajib Limbu, who visited Kanchenjunga Base Camp, all the hotels in Ghunsa area are packed with domestic and foreign tourists. 
His team itself has had to stay there for two days. Journalist Giriraj Banskota from Panchthar, informed that even the hotels along the trail are full of tourists. 
In the area, it is drizzling, temperatures have dropped, and there is snowfall on the higher ridges. The settlements along the trail towards the northern base camp of Kanchenjunga, including Italitar, Lamatar, Amjilesa, Thangim, Gyabla, Fale, Ghunsa, Khambachen, and Lona; and towards the southern base camp, including Yamfudin and Nayajhoreni, Torongden, Seram and Tamje. 
Currently, a group of foreign tourists heading towards Makalu Base Camp via Lumbasumba is stuck in Olangchungola. 
According to tourism activist Hemraj Niraula, who accompanied the Saraf Foundation team that came to study and research areas including the historic Diki Chyorling Monastery in Foktanglung Rural Municipality-7, Olangchungola, around 60 tourists, both domestic and foreign, are presently in Olangchungola and staying in local hotels. 
Most of them are tourists on the way to Makalu Base Camp via Lumbasumba. 
Domestic tourists who went through Olangchungola to reach Singja have also been stopped there due to bad weather. 
In response to the adverse weather, the Armed Police deployed for border security and the local ward office have issued notices to stay in a safe place until the weather improves. 
Chief District Officer Umesh Kumar Dahal stated that there have been no disaster-related incidents in the district due to the bad weather. 
According to him, around 250 tourists are in the Kanchenjunga area, staying in local settlements and hotels. 
Chief District Officer Dahal informed that tourists have been advised to stay safe and to travel only after properly understanding the weather conditions, and necessary precautions have been taken in coordination with security agencies and local authorities. 
He also stated that local residents have been warned as well. The sky in Taplejung was cloudy throughout Thursday. Rain is incessantly taking place in the area since last night, and it has even snowed in the higher areas.