Tag: #infrastructure development
Articles tagged with #infrastructure development
10,000 bridges
Nepal’s foot bridges have evolved from being essential for connectivity to also becoming tourist attractions
Building Nijgad, come what may
The Nijgad Airport construction site. Pic: Kiran NepalAs the date for a final Supreme Court ruling on the proposed new international airport in…
Infrastructure for wildlife in Nepal
Vehicular and wildlife crossings ongoing construction at East-West electrified railway lines near Bardibas, Nepal. Photos: PRAMOD NEUPANENepal’s…
Deadly monsoon in Nepal turns deadlier
Even in normal years Nepal has one of the highest fatality rates in the world from landslides and flashfloods. But even by that grim standard,…
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 and against Nijgad airport
Nepali Times #990How ironic, when we destroy something created by man we term it as ‘vandalism’ but when we destroy something created by nature…
Think locally, act locally
Local activists goad local governments to deliver services
Between existence and extinction in Nepal
THE 6TH EXTINCTION: This orchid with medicinal properties, Dactylorhiza hatagirea, (Panchaule) is an endangered species.Nepal is situated at the…
In conservation, Nepal is not out of the woods yet
With poaching under control, the big new threat to Nepal’s nature is from infrastructure