'Bridge over Tamor River risky'

March 9, 2018 03:35 am

PANCHTHAR, March 9: With the water current eroding one of the pillars of the concrete bridge over the Tamor River at Majhitar connecting Paanchthar and Tehrathum districts, exposing the steel rods used to build the pillar, the bridge has become risky. However, the authorities concerned have paid no attention to repair the bridge which was constructed four years ago.

DHANKUTA, Jan 29: Opening of the Tamor Corridor Track remaining as the shortest route to link hills and Tarai has brought cheers among the locals.

DHANKUTA, June 30: A temporary policeman, who was deputed at Khalsa Chintang Sahidbhumi Rural Municipality polling station, went missing after being swept away by the Tamor River in Dhankuta district since Friday afternoon.

PANCHTHAR, Nov 23: Locals of Panchthar and Terhathum have urged government to put the Tamor Hydropower Project -- a reservoir project - in priority and took needful initiatives for implementing it.

PANCHTHAR, Nov 1: Nearly 150 households living close to the Tamor River are going to be displaced due to the 762-Megawatt Tamor Hydroelectricity Project.

KATHMANDU, Aug 25: The China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), a government-owned company of China has expressed interest in making investment in two important hydropower projects of Nepal.

TAPLEJUNG, July 11: A massive landslide has blocked the Tamor River at Sawadin VDC of Taplejung district on Sunday morning. This has formed a big temporary lake and the river's water is threatening human settlements both upstream and downstream.

Landslide blocks Tamor River

July 10, 2016 08:00 am

TAPLEJUNG, July 10: A massive landslide has blocked Tamor River at Sawadin VDC of the district on Sunday sending waves of fear to people living downstream.