BHUWAN SHARMA

Officials believe that preventing sewage from mixing with rivers, installing septic tanks in all houses, and redirecting rainwater underground will help keep the rivers clean and restore the underground water levels.

CK Raut's Janamat Party and Ranjita Shrestha-led Nagarik Unmukti Party (NUP), with Resham Chaudhary as patron, have almost finalized their merger plans.  

The government has formed a high-level committee, led by Chudamani Paudel, Secretary of the Council of Ministers and Prime Minister's Office, to implement the recommendations from the 2081 BS study report on merging, abolishing, or transferring separate structures established to perform the same tas...

The trend of rural depopulation, where people are migrating from villages to cities, has led to thinning settlements in rural areas, with some villages becoming deserted. In these areas, forest cover has increased, contributing to the overall rise in forested land.

A rupture in the Melamchi Drinking Water pipeline left Kathmandu’s Babarmahal area underwater Wednesday afternoon, creating significant problems for locals, commuters, and pedestrians traveling through. The area was chaotic for a while after the incident.

Locals and the government are at odds over the ongoing works to widen roads connecting the ministerial residence in Bhainsepati.

The Department of Roads has not started permanent reconstruction on five major highways damaged by the continuous rain on September 27th and 28th, 2024. This delay is expected to disrupt traffic on those roads during the upcoming monsoon season. 

All work on this project is expected to be completed within the next nine months. The project deadline is October 2025. According to representatives of the Nagdhunga Tunnel Project, the contractor company is working to hand over the tunnel within the specified timeframe.  

According to him, 17 employees, including plumbers and gardeners, are required to manage the justices’ quarters, as was the case with the former ministerial quarters. However, for now, only three employees have been assigned to the task.

A new government initiative makes land ownership certificates available to homeless individuals, landless squatters, and families residing in informal settlements.