KATHMANDU, July 20: The fountain of methane gas along with mud water that burst out while digging a borewell at a house in Gokarneshwor Municipality-5 Jorpati of Kathmandu on Tuesday finally stopped on Wednesday morning.

KATHMANDU, July 19: The flow of methane gas in Jorpati has not stopped even after several hours since it started on Tuesday morning.

DAILEKH, March 27: Excavation of petroleum methane gas is to be initiated from first week of May.  The methane gas excavation is to kick off with the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Vice President of China Geological Survey Wangkul and Director General of Department of Mines and Geology Somnath Sapkota in Beijing.