{"id":9884,"date":"2026-10-27T01:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/?p=9884"},"modified":"2026-10-27T01:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:09:14","slug":"three-members-of-a-family-hospitalised-after-wasp-attack-in-pithoragarh-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/three-members-of-a-family-hospitalised-after-wasp-attack-in-pithoragarh-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Three members of a family hospitalised after wasp attack in Pithoragarh village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>Three members of a family hospitalised after wasp attack in Pithoragarh village<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Pithoragarh, Oct. 27<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Three members of a family\u2014a grandmother, her daughter and granddaughter\u2014were admitted to Pithoragarh district hospital after being stung by a swarm of wasps in Bhateri village of the district. The women had gone to collect fodder when the incident occurred, forest department officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cThe wasps stung Bhagirathi Devi (50), her daughter Rekha (29) and her six-year-old granddaughter Mannat near a tree where they had gone to cut grass,\u201d said Dinesh Joshi, Forest Range Officer of the Pithoragarh Forest Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cWhen the wasps attacked them, Rekha fled towards her home with her daughter in her arms. However, by the time she reached home, all three had been stung,\u201d said Ganesh Singh Gobari, gram pradhan of Bhateri village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Dr Rahul, Emergency Medical Officer at Pithoragarh District Hospital, said Rekha and her six-year-old daughter had been discharged after receiving the necessary medication, while Bhagirathi Devi remained admitted to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The gram pradhan said four people had been stung by wasps in the same village a few weeks ago. Following that incident, the villagers had approached the Divisional Forest Officer\u2019s (DFO) office, requesting the removal of wasp nests near the village.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had complained to the DFO\u2019s office after four people were stung by wasps in the village a few weeks ago and requested the forest department to remove the nests near the village. However, no forest official has visited the area so far,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three members of a family hospitalised after wasp attack in Pithoragarh village Pithoragarh, Oct. 27 Three members of a family\u2014a grandmother, her daughter and granddaughter\u2014were admitted to Pithoragarh district hospital after being stung by a swarm of wasps in Bhateri village of the district. 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