MUZAFFARPUR: Tirhut divisional commissioner Narmadeshwar Lal on Sunday asked officials concerned to keep a close watch on embankments in the region amid rise in water level in several rivers. The Bagmati has virtually created havoc in Aurai, Katra and Gaighat blocks of Muzaffarpur district, posting flood threat to 150 villages. …
MUZAFFARPUR: Tirhut divisional commissioner Narmadeshwar Lal on Sunday asked officials concerned to keep a close watch on embankments in the region amid rise in water level in several rivers. The Bagmati has virtually created havoc in Aurai, Katra and Gaighat blocks of Muzaffarpur district, posting flood threat to 150 villages. …
Over 100,000 people representing almost all walks of life participated in a campaign organised to clean the Bagmati river in the Capital on Saturday. The participants also formed a 56 kilometre human chain to mark the 100th weekly event of the Clean Bagmati Campaign on Saturday morning. The programme was …
Over one lakh people joined hands to form a human chain on Saturday to mark the 100th week of the Bagmati Cleaning Mega Campaign. Thousands of people began trickling in early in the morning to form the chain over a 28-km-stretch from Sundarijal to Chobhar in the capital, along the …
At least seven more persons were killed on Monday as flood situation remained grim affecting over 7 lakh people in 13 districts of the state. Six persons were killed in the worst hit Nalanda district and one in Sitamarhi, official sources said. Twelve persons had been killed due to flood …
The Bagmati river banks will soon witness greenery as a number of private and government entities have expressed interest to carry out plantation and maintenance work in the area. The High Power Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilisation (HPCIDBC) said it received 31 applications from firms for the …
The Nepal government is gearing up towards generating hydropower energy from Bagmati River, one of its most reverent and religiously significant river, officials said on Sunday. The decision was made as part of the government's plan to end power crisis within three years. Nepal's Energy Ministry has already announced to …
In view of the rampant pollution in the rivers of the Kathmandu Valley caused mainly by house owners and large commercial complexes releasing the sewage directly into the Bagmati and other river systems, Kathmandu Valley Development Authority (KDVA) has directed every prospective house owners to compulsorily construct septic tanks. KVDA’s …
Rapid urbanisation and human encroachment– especially in the Kathmandu Valley– have left Nepal's rivers highly polluted. "I remember people bathing and washing clothes in Bagmati River as late as 1985 because the river was very clean," Nuwakot district native Bishnuhari Sapkota told Khabar South Asia. "The way it was polluted …
In an attempt to mobilise large number of people to tidy up the capital in the run-up to the Saarc summit, Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is all set to organise a mass cleaning campaign on June 5. The metropolis said that an estimated 100,000 residents of all ages will join …
The Clean Bagmati Campaign is in its 48th week and during this period the Bagmati river and its surroundings have undergone a transformation that was hard to imagine for many of the Kathmandu denizens. Thanks to all those campaign participants, who volunteered to clean the Bagmati banks and dredge up …
The Bagmati River cleanup campaign completed its 42 weeks today. Like in previous Saturdays, stakeholders, including the Ministry of Urban Development, the Ministry of Federal Affairs, the Ministry of Environment, the High Level Bagmati Civilisation Protection Committee, and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City took part in the campaign today as well. …
The eighth meeting of Nepal-India Joint Committee on Inundation and Flood Management (JCIFM) was held during 4th – 8th February, 2014 in Kathmandu. The Indian delegation was led by A. Paramesham, Member (Coordination), Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC), Government of India and the Nepalese delegation was led by K.P. Regmi, …
The eighth meeting of the Nepal-India joint committee on inundation and flood management was held from February 4 to February 8 in Kathmandu. The Indian delegation was led by A Paramesham, member of Ganga Flood Control Commission, and the Nepali delegation was led by KP Regmi, director-general of the Department …
An army of people equipped with clinical gloves and masks gather on the banks of Bagmati every Saturday morning. Denying themselves the pleasure of weekend indolence, these people from different walks of life have come together to put an effort to clean the Bagmati river. They have made their routine …
The Bagmati River is gradually returning to its natural form, thanks to the cleaning campaign led by Chief Secretary Lila Mani Poudel. The Bagmati Cleaning Campaign, which entered its 39th week on Saturday, has changed the face of this holy river from Tilganga to the Manahara confluence at Shankhamul. Now …
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City issued a warning today to the dying industry operating along the Bagmati River for polluting the river by releasing harmful chemicals, including dyeing agents. “We found the dyeing industry along the Bagmati releasing waste materials, including chemicals, directly to the river, thereby polluting the river in …
Ambassador of India to Nepal, Ranjit Rae, today handed over a cheque bearing Rs 374.68 million to Umakant Jha, Minister for Energy and Irrigation, at the latter’s office in Kathmandu. In a statement, the Embassy of India said the assistance is part of India’s contributions towards construction of embankments along …
Until a few months ago, Kathmandu Valley denizens would walk past the Bagmati River covering their noses. These days, the river has undergone a makeover of sorts and the credit goes to the ‘Bagmati Cleaning Campaign’, which completed its 30 weeks today. Fighting all odds, the campaign that began on …
A joint monitoring team coordinated by the Department of Environment has sealed six painting and dry cleaning business companies located on the bank of the Bagmati River for allegedly polluting the environment. The committee comprises Small and Cottage Industry Office, Kathmandu District Administration Office and Kathmandu Metropolitan City as members. …
More than 1,000 people came together to clean the Bagmati River today. Artists, students, high-ranking government officials, Kathmandu Metropolitan City staff, and representatives from various NGOs and clubs participated in the cleaning campaign that Advertising Agency of Nepal, the Ministry of Urban Development, the Pashupati Area Development Trust, the High …
