Tag: #water shortage
Articles tagged with #water shortage
Storing rain inside mountains
Scenic Dhankuta revives traditional water management practices to boost ecotourism
Climate breakdown magnifies western Nepal’s woes
Parched by heatwave and drought, Western Nepal is running out of water
People and mountains are thirsty in eastern Nepal
Governments invest in pumping water up from rivers to convince farmers not to migrate out
Water for Nepal’s wildlife
Photo: LENA QUENARD Nepal’s diverse climate and topography favors a maximum number of species in such a small area, but this biodiversity is…
Too little, too much, or too polluted
All photos: KARUN DEWANWhen 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
Photo: SONIA AWALEHaphazard urbanisation, a continually growing population and long delays in the finalisation of the Melamchi Project have…
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…
11-day trek is now a day’s drive in Nepal
From Korala Pass on the Nepal-China border facing south. Annapurna and Nilgiri in the distance.As the road meanders uphill towards my village of…
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…