It’s that time of the year again when we start to fret about the condition of our roads. To be honest, we do that all year round anyway but with the monsoon almost upon us a sense of despair takes over. Where roads exist, even the slightest downpour turns everything into a dirt-filled lake and where roads don’t exist, it’s all just muddy slush and dangerous conditions.

TANAHUN, Jan 10: The name of Seti River itself denotes white water. But the milky white water of the renowned river has turned muddy these days thanks to the rampant excavation along the lower belt of the river by crusher plants.

The westerly winds carrying parts of those dust storms to Nepal still have strength left as the monsoon in the country has not fully developed yet.

CHITWAN, Sept 10: A female rhinoceros was killed after getting trapped in a swamp near the Kuchwani Post in Chitwan National Park (CNP) this morning.