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 …
Loss from Sidr: The economic loss caused by super cyclone Sidr that hit Bangladesh on November 15, 2007, is more than us $ 4.4 billion, reveals a survey conducted by the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh. The cyclone completely destroyed about 4,10,000 hectares of farmland and damaged …
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has announced it is mobilising emergency food assistance for 50,000 people displaced by floods in the eastern Terai districts. "The emergency operation is in response to a Government of Nepal request after monsoon rains caused an embankment of the Saptakoshi River to collapse, flooding …
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi August 28, 2008, 0:18 IST Bihar seeks Rs 1,000 crore and 100,000 tonnes of foodgrain immediately. Work to fill the nearly two-and-a-half kilometre breach in the Kosi barrage embankment has begun with the help of initial supplies from the Farrakka barrage. The breach has caused …
Indian technical team on Thursday estimated around Rs 5.25 billion cost for reconstructing the embankment breached by the Saptakoshi River. A team including flood experts forwarded a letter with the estimation to the government of Indian state of Bihar after an inspection and study in the affected areas and the …
Long-term food security is a broad development issue. Food security cannot be achieved without enhancing livelihood options, and the livelihoods of poor communities cannot be improved unless productive resources, such as water, land, forest, rangeland, biodiversity, and the natural environment, are conserved and their access and optimal utilisation are ensured. …
Fuel adulteration has reached acute levels as the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has failed to monitor the quality of fuel supplied in the market. Senior technicians at workshops of leading motorcycle distributors said incidences of engine damage caused by adulterated fuel have risen dramatically over the past two months. "Some …
At least 120 residents at Mugapatan of Kalikot district has been displaced by the landslip on Wednesday morning. Some 20 people were displaced after the landslip swept away their residents and rest others were displaced due to the danger of the landslip. Those displaced have been settled in the families …
The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC) said on Tuesday that the devastating flood caused by the Saptakoshi River breaching its embankment damaged crops worth Rs 300 million in Sunsari district. A week-long field assessment conducted by an M0AC team shows that paddy cultivation suffered the biggest loss of Rs …
The World Bank extended its support package Nepal with 880 million rupees in grants in Kathmandu on Tuesday. The amount has been given to Nepal for the peace process, health programme and rural drinking water project. Finance Secretary Rameshwor Khanal and Ms Susan Goldmark, World Bank Country Director for Nepal, …
An earthquake measuring about 6.5 richter scale was recorded in Jijang area of Tibet, China, 200 kilometer west of Jumla district at 7:06 pm Monday. According to a statement issued by National Seismological Center (NSC) on Monday, the earthquake was felt in central and western region of Nepal and also …
Saptakoshi flood displaced, taking shelter by the side of Koshi River in Saptari, have complained that they are compelled to live under scarcity as the relief program has been largely focused on the displaced people of Sunsari. Around 30,000 people from flood hit VDCs, who fled to Saptari side, have …
The Home Ministry has informed that around 40,000 people have been displaced due to floods in Saptakosi river. "Till now, 40,378 people of 7102 families have been displaced,' the Ministry has informed. The Ministry has informed that 5500 hectares of land, 12 km of black-topped road and 13 km of …
As thousands of displaced people suffer numerous problems related to food and shelter, the local administration on Sunday said it is going to rehabilitate them within a week. Following the government's directives, District Administration Office (DAO) Sunsari is preparing to set up temporary shelters either in Narsingha or Bhokraha VDCs. …
The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) said Thursday that it has managed to improve petrol availability, but has slashed the supply of diesel and kerosene -- the two major loss making items -- augmenting their shortage in the market. The corporation is presently pumping out about 110,000 liters of diesel a …
Japanese Encephalitis (JE), the disease known to be common in plain areas of the country, which kills hundreds of people every year, is increasing. Moreover, it has also been diagnosed among people living in Kathmandu Valley. Tula Kumari, 65 of Basundhara, Kathmandu is receiving treatment for JE for the last …
At least two people have been killed from an unknown disease on Thursday at Pipalmadi-9 in Sindhuli district. Over three dozens are still suffering from the same disease in the Bufar village. According to the police, Pramesh Majhi of Sanu-Bufar and an unidentified woman died due to the disease. The …
Around 40,000 residents of at least 10 village development committees (VDC) along the Koshi river in Susari district in eastern Nepal have been forced to take shelter in local schools and their relatives' houses as the swollen river has breached an embankment in the western side. According to local officials, …
Around 40,000 residents of at least 10 village development committees (VDC) along the Koshi river in Susari district in eastern Nepal have been forced to take shelter in local schools and their relatives' houses as the swollen river has breached an embankment in the western side. According to local officials, …
After the Saptakosi river damaged dams in western Kusaha region of Sunsari district, Monday, over 25,000 people have been displaced. A section of East-West highway in Laukahi area has also been obstructed due to the flood. As the swollen river started to erode the dams and inundate the nearby villages, …
