Tag: #transport
Articles tagged with #transport
Pedalling as a life lesson
Self-reflection, patience, determination and optimism, cycling teaches it all
On the fast lane to expressways
Nepal’s Transport Policy needs an overhaul to reflect demographic shifts and need for better connectivity
Nepal’s journey to electric public transport
Nothing could be more symbolic of Nepal’s goal of being net-zero in energy by 2045 than the sight on new year’s day on Thursday as three new…
Things are up in the air in Nepal
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIEveryone in Kathmandu knows we breathe some of the dirtiest air in the world. As if we needed any more proof, a new study…
Nepal backs EVs to boost hydro-electricity uptake
Photo: IVAN RADIC/FLICKRNepalis with battery-operated vehicles can now install a separate household meter to charge their vehicles as part of a…
The cost of no MCC
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/ NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESNepal could lose Rs142 billion a year in wasted surplus energy if the Millennium Challenge Corporation…
Nepal’s other pandemic: road fatalities
More people die on Nepal's highways every year than in all natural disasters combined
Breathing is hazardous to health
https://youtu.be/0E0s-5VtGU4Rekha Thapa of Dailekh, in far western Nepal had a job in Kathmandu after graduation, but she was not able to join.…
Public transport back on Kathmandu roads
All photo: BIKRAM RAISome bus companies in Kathmandu Valley have started to operate bus routes for the first time in nearly four months after…
Unlocking the economy post-lockdown
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIThe COVID-19 pandemic has caught the world off guard, with enormous repercussions for Nepal’s economy because of…
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…