Tag: #accidents
Articles tagged with #accidents
Fatalism and fatalities
Travel safety in Nepal cannot be an island of efficiency when the entire political machinery is dysfunctional
The other global pandemic: road fatalities
Photo: BIKRAM RAINearly 2,800 people were killed on Nepal’s roads in the past year: that averages at seven fatalities per day. No data is…
Environmental destruction is a medical emergency
Photo: PRAKASH SINGHLast month Kalpana BK delivered a healthy newborn baby on the way to Bayalpata Hospital in Achham, but her placenta did not…
Nepal’s deadly roads take their toll
Photos: BIKRAM RAIAt least seven people were killed when a bus heading to Narayangad from Beni lost control and fell 70m from the road down to…
Reckless fecklessness
Kunda DixitA drain in the middle of the road outside the gates of a school in Kirtipur had its concrete slabs removed for maintenance six months…