People and mountains are thirsty in eastern Nepal
Governments invest in pumping water up from rivers to convince farmers not to migrate out
water-shortage
Water for Nepal’s wildlife
Nepal’s diverse climate and topography favors a maximum number of species in such a small area, but this biodiversity is threatened by...
Too little, too much, or too polluted
When NASA explores other planets, the test of whether there is life, is to detect the presence of water. Here on Earth,...
Solution to Kathmandu’s water crisis
Haphazard urbanisation, a continually growing population and long delays in the finalisation of the Melamchi Project have resulted in an increasing water...
Light at the end of the Melamchi tunnel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIdbmBlnVZI&feature=youtu.beNearly 25 years after it was first mooted, there is light at the end of the tunnel for Melamchi, Nepal’s biggest and...
11-day trek is now a day’s drive in Nepal
As the road meanders uphill towards my village of Dhee in Upper Mustang, I recall my childhood amidst these mountains. Life was hard...
Environmental destruction is a medical emergency
Last month Kalpana BK delivered a healthy newborn baby on the way to Bayalpata Hospital in Achham, but her placenta did not...
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