The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
In a majestic release of bottled-up fury, the Kosi has swept across half of Bihar. The river has gone back to a course it once followed many years ago, inundating roadways and farmlands and leaving an estimated three million people homeless. None of the manmade structures meant to tame the …
This report by SDMC documents the indigenous knowledge of different communities living in multi-hazard zones Nepal, Sri Lanka and India. Shows that communities use the indigenous knowledge to anticipate natural hazard that afflicts them to prepare better to face the disaster. The SDMC-ADRC joint project, under the SAARC
The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a systematic qualitative analysis of the costs and benefits of constructing embankments in the lower Bagmati River basin, which stretches across the Nepal Tarai and into northern Bihar. This paper analyzes the costs and benefits of both structural flood …
Enquiries into reasons for Bihar floods shadowed by Centre-state bickering OFFICERS and ministers who failed to maintain the Kosi embankment, leading to floods displacing about three million people, may go scot-free because of the tussle between the Bihar and Union governments. Union Minister of State for Water Resources Jai Prakash …
A special Indian Government delegation will arrive here within the next fortnight to start work on the proposed Indo-Lanka underwater electricity transmission cable project. A Power and Energy Ministry spokesman said the proposed 1,000 Mega Watt transmission cable from Madurai, India is built as a solution to Sri Lanka's current …
Victims of the Koshi floods on Tuesday announced to launch protests from next week stating the government was not concerned towards addressing their problems. The flood victims announced to carry out phase-wise protests amidst a press conference in the capital today. They have demanded the government to waive the debts …
The South Korean government Thursday pledged a loan of Rs 3.54 billion to Nepal for the construction of the Chameliya hydro project. The agreement regarding the hydropower project was made at the Ministry of Finance today. Ambassador of the republican of Korea to Nepal Nam Sang-Jung and Secretary at the …
World Food Program (WFP) began food distribution to the flood-hit people of Far West districts of Kanchanpur and Kailali on Thursday. Flood victims of Dodhara VDC of Kanchanpur district were the first ones to receive food materials from WFP. According to WFP Field Coordinator Subash Bahadur Singh, families severely hit …
Can Bihar avert another Kosi disaster? On September 16, the Special Task Force constituted by the prime minister put a figure on the destruction caused by floods in Bihar
Completion of the Hanuman Nagar barrage on March 31, 1963, was considered a feat. A few months later the first breach in the Kosi embankment happened near Dalwa village in Nepal, a few kilometres from the border with India. Celebrations for the completion of the project were still on when …
Rising air pollution levels in South Asia will have worldwide environmental consequences. Transport of pollutants from the densely populated regions of India, Pakistan, China, and Nepal to the Himalayas may lead to substantial radiative forcing in South Asia with potential effects on the monsoon circulation and, hence, on regional climate …
On September 16, the Special Task Force constituted by the Indian prime minister put a figure on the destruction caused by floods in Bihar: Rs 25,000 crore. The Bihar government was seeking Rs 9,000 crore for flood relief; the Centre had released Rs 1,000 crore. Chairperson of the task force …
While the world is talking about scope of biofuel in combating soaring oil prices, a youth of Palpa district ran a motorcycle using oil he refined from pine resin as fuel on Sunday. Keshav Karki, a resident of Jarepipal, collected resin produced by pine trees and refined into oil through …
Cooking gas plants that generate gas from bio-degradable household waste would be useful in addressing the current fuel crisis and waste disposal problem in the capital. But the technology has largely been ignored. The technology, developed by Phuxin Citizen in China, was introduced in Nepal by a group of engineers …
Three persons, including a minor, died and dozens other fell sick due to an outbreak of diarrhea in a Chepang settlement in Makwanpur district within the past few days, reports said. Thaila Chepang, 70, Kanchha Chepang, 20, and five-year-old Bhamu Chepang of Bharta VDC died after suffering from a serious …
Bangladesh has donated one lakh US dollar to Nepal for the welfare of the flood victims. Bangladesh Ambassador to Nepal Imtiaz Ahmed handed over a cheque of the donation to Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) at Prime Minister's residence at Baluwatar in Kathmandu on Saturday, said a press …
- Nepali Congress (NC) President and outgoing Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Tuesday accused the government of not being serious over the rehabilitation of the displaced people by the Koshi flood and re-construction of the highways. The NC President said that the NC being the opposition party will always …
Here is good news for automobile dealers and riders. Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is planning to introduce high-octane petrol in the market soon, which will give better mileage and ensure engine longevity compared to the existing gasoline.
Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) today said that it would be working jointly with its supplier Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in a project to produce an ethanol-petrol mix.
