Dhading bans sand mining during monsoon Dhading, August 3 In view of increasing deaths related to river mining, the authority in Dhading decided to impose a complete ban on sand mining from rivers in the district during the monsoon season. There is already a rule that bans mining of... Travel 04 Aug, 2020
Floods, landslides cause heavy damage to infrastructure KATHMANDU, JULY 21 The incessant rainfall for the last three days have caused major floods and landslides across several districts of the country as a result of which many road networks have been severely affected and transportation has come to a... 22 Jul, 2020
Movement along Prithvi Highway obstructed due to landslides at several sections DHADING: Dhading district has been affected by landslides following incessant rainfall for the last few days, also putting the area at the risk of a probable flood. Due to landslides across several points along the Prithvi Highway, road sections... Travel 20 Jul, 2020
Workers extracting sand at high risk in Dhading DHADING, JULY 16 Workers in Dhading have been compelled to extract sand and gravel from the Trishuli River without adopting any safety measure during the monsoon. A youth at Galchhi Rural Municipality-4 has gone missing since July 8 while... Travel 17 Jul, 2020
Around Rs 4bn worth of damages to roads and hydro projects KATHMANDU, JULY 15 The massive landslides and floods caused by the incessant rainfall have damaged physical infrastructure related to roads, bridges and hydropower projects worth around four billion so far in the ongoing monsoon. According to the... 16 Jul, 2020
Hospitals to be upgraded next fiscal year HETAUDA, JULY 7 Bagmati Province government will upgrade several hospitals in the province next fiscal. According to the Ministry of Social Development, the capacity of Hetauda Hospital will be upgraded to 300 beds. Bhaktapur, Sindhuli and... Travel 08 Jul, 2020
Lives of locals easing with tuins being replaced DHADING, JULY 5 Locals’ movement from one place to another has eased in Dhading and Gorkha after construction of a suspension bridge in the districts. They used a tuin to cross the river earlier. People residing near the Trishuli River have... Travel 06 Jul, 2020
Locals risk lives collecting driftwood from flooded river DHADING, JULY 1 As incessant rainfall has pushed up the water level in the Trishuli River these days, locals can be seen competing with each other to collect floating logs in the flooded river in Dhading these days. According to Tirtha Silwal, a... Travel 02 Jul, 2020
CDC appoints Rayamajhi its country representative for Nepal Kathmandu, June 22 CDC Group Plc, the UK’s impact investor for Africa and South Asia, has appointed Rabi Rayamajhi as its country representative for Nepal. Rayamajhi will be based at CDC’s representative office here, where he will work... 23 Jun, 2020
MoEWRI allocates Rs 40 billion for transmission line projects KATHMANDU, JUNE 16 As the construction of a number of hydropower projects is about to be completed in the near future, the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (MoEWRI) is now focusing on expanding the capacity of its transmission... 17 Jun, 2020
NEA adds 1.5MW solar power to national grid Kathmandu, June 4 Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has added 1.25 megawatts of electricity generated by the solar project in Nuwakot to the national transmission system. With this latest development, the 25MW project has formally come into... 05 Jun, 2020
Budget focuses on infrastructure to generate extra jobs KATHMANDU, MAY 28 The government has allocated a balanced budget to accelerate the overall development activities with focus on roads, energy, hydropower, rail, urban development and drinking water, among others. It also looks like the government... 29 May, 2020
