BHAJANI (KAILALI), Jan 3: People living in different wards of Tikapur Municipality are at a high risk after the Karnali River washed away around 20 meters of stretch in Satti Karnali Community Forest in ward no 7 of the municipality. The locals of wards 7, 8 and 9 are likely to be affected by the river that has overpowered the embankment.

SIMKOT (HUMLA): A man has gone missing in the Karnali River since Saturday evening after a tuin (improvised cable crossing) he was using to cross the river snapped.

TIKAPUR, Aug 13: The Karnali River has intensified erosion near the Tikapur Park in Tikapur-5 of Kailali district. With this, the nearby settlement is at an alarming risk of facing possible consequences from the swollen river.

HUMLA, June 19: A jeep traveling from Simikot, the district headquarters of Humla, to Hilsa, plunged into the Karnali River near Chyachhara of Uttari Namkha Rural Municipality-2 in Humla, on Monday morning.

The reality behind the viral bridge

November 2, 2022 13:30 pm

KALIKOT, Nov 2: The ladder used to climb onto the suspension bridge built over the Karnali River connecting Khanda Chakra Municipality-2 Jitegadha bazar (market) and Narharinath Rural Municipality-1 Lalighat Bazar in Kalikot has now gone viral on social media.

TIKAPUR, August 7: A massive flood in Karnali river is posing risk to the Satti bridge, Rajapur and Tikapur in Bardia.

MANMA, Nov 11: Construction of a concrete bridge over the Karnali river at Naraharinath Rural Municipality-1 in Kalikot district linking Hilsa in Humla district has been completed after nine years.

TIKAPUR, Oct 19: The Karnali River has breached the embankment near Shahipur in Tikapur Municipality-5. According to a local youth, Bhupendra Saund, the river has flooded the village.

TIKAPUR, August 27: The ward office of Tikapur Municipality-7 has issued a notice and appealed to local residents to remain alert as the embankment in Shahipur has collapsed. The ward office has warned the people stating that floods could come anytime.

According to the District Police Office, as many as three people are still missing after their boat capsized in the Karnali River at around 12PM in Mohanyal Rural Municipality-3.

SURKHET, August 1: As many as six passengers - three women and three children - have gone missing after a boat they were riding capsized in the Karnali River while sailing from Mohanyal Rural Municipality of Kailali to Chaukune Rural Municipality in Surkhet.

Joshi couple still missing

August 1, 2021 10:07 am

TIKAPUR, August 1: The whereabouts of a couple who went missing after a jeep fell into the Karnali River on Friday are still unknown.

MANMA, July 26: Some human settlements of Kalikot district near the Karnali River are reeling under high risks of flood and landslide.

KARNALI, March 17: Body of seven-year-old Rajani Baduwal of Nimail in Aathbis Municipality-3 in Dailekh district, who allegedly jumped into the Karnali river along with her mother and three other family members, was recovered along the river banks near Asaraghat in Achham district.

JUMLA, Feb 26: The driver of a jeep has gone missing in the Karnali river when the vehicle plunged into the river at Lalighat of Narharinath Rural Municipality on Tuesday morning.

55 students in Karnali get life jackets

February 22, 2020 09:00 am

SURKHET, Feb 22: Kabi Ram Nepali, a resident of Mohanyal Rural Municipality-3 of Kailali district, is a high school student. While going to his school, Nepali has to cross the Karnali River risking his life. As there is no bridge over the river, students like Nepali have been risking their lives to go to the school regularly. They have been crossing the Karnali River with the help of a wooden boat.

KAILALI, Jan 26: The Sonaha people have been managing their livelihood by searching gold in the Karnali River that flows from Tikapur of Kailali and Rajapur of Bardiya. Their livelihood depends upon gold panning in the banks of the river. Similarly, Sudurpashchim province has immense possibility of petroleum products.

KAILALI, Sept 14: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Bhattarai on Saturday emphasized developing the Karnali River as a dolphin habitat and attraction.

SURKHET, Aug 25: Jagat Bhul, 15, does not go to school when it rains heavily. When the monsoon is at its peak, his routine gets disturbed. A local of Ranga village of Kailali, Bhul cannot attend classes even other times if the weather is not fine. Bad weather means risks added to an already perilous journey to the school.

TIKAPUR, July 29: Dozens of stray cattle, most of them too old to walk, look exhausted and directionless as they crowd the main road of Tikapur these days. They sit on the street in broad daylight and stay around long hours posing a safety threat to drivers, riders and passerby. Hungry, thirsty, and homeless these animals reflect how owners disown cattle after they find them worthless.

HUMLA, June 23: A team of divers who had reached Humla to find the remains of the jeep that plunged into Karnali River on Tuesday returned back empty-handed on Friday.

HUMLA/SURKHET, June 18: Ten persons have gone missing after a passenger jeep they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into the Karnali River in Humla district on Tuesday afternoon. Deputy chief of Kharpunath Rural Municipality in Humla district, Sindhu Hamal, is among those missing.

300 bighas forest swept away

April 3, 2019 15:30 pm

KATHMANDU, April 3: The locals have demanded action against a construction company for negligence in constructing embankment on a section of the Karnali river here. They have called for taking action against the Highgriva-Siddhi Shahi Prakash JV Samakhusi Kathmandu for not constructing the structure.

JUMLA, Jan 19: Tuins are high-risk contraptions for crossing treacherous rivers in the remote reaches of Nepal. Many people in Jumla and neighboring districts have lost their lives trying to use these primitive facilities. They have no choice but to continue using them for the sake of some mobility.

TIKAPUR, Oct 21: One body has been found out of two who were missing when a boat capsized in Karnali river on October 15.