All you need to know about Ama Yangri trek, a recent hit in Nepal's tourism industry Upon reaching the top, Ama Yangri peak sits overlooking the mountains, valleys, and alleys. Kathmandu 10 Apr, 2024
Melamchi water for valley residents from Sunday The Melamchi River water reached Sundarijal, Kathmandu-based storage system, at around10:00pm on Monday. Nepal 20 Apr, 2022
Melamchi project to divert water inside tunnel via alternative means Melamchi Water Supply Development Board has made preparation to utilise the Melamchi tunnel by channelling water of the Melamchi River through alternative method after finding it impossible to remove dozens of metres high debris collected at the headwork of the tunnel due to flood and landslide in the monsoon last year. Nepal 28 Mar, 2022
Building climate resilience: Holistic approach needed If ever there was a time and place that demonstrated the need to reimagine climate resilience, it was 2021 in Nepal. Two climate-related disasters in spring and fall brought heavy rains, floods and landslides that claimed dozens of lives, destroyed hundreds of homes and damaged hundreds more structures, including schools, bridges, roads, government buildings and hydropower stations. Opinion 23 Mar, 2022
EDITORIAL - Climate change impacts Climate change is no longer an uncertainty, and for a country like Nepal that is already highly vulnerable to natural disasters, it only makes the livelihoods of its people all the more difficult. Opinion 14 Mar, 2022
EDITORIAL - Loss of life, property The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DoHM) had predicted that this year’s monsoon would receive more than average rainfall and had also anticipated that more than 1.8 million people would be directly affected by the expected downpours across the country. Opinion 30 Aug, 2021
'Multiple natural calamities caused Melamchi havoc' Geologists and experts have said that multiple natural calamities backed by global warming caused the recent Melamchi River catastrophe in Sindhupalchowk. Environment 16 Aug, 2021
Govt doing its bit to resume power supply in Melamchi The government has been working to ensure the resumption of power supply through alternative methods in the flood-hit areas of Melamchi in Sindhupalchowk. Nepal 05 Aug, 2021
EDITORIAL: Misery repeats For the second time in six weeks, flash floods in the Melamchi River have once again brought misery to Sidhupalchowk district, with the inhabitants of Melamchi Bazaar and the villages of Helambu having to scurry to safety at short notice Saturday night. Opinion 03 Aug, 2021
18 houses swept away in Sindhupalchowk At least 18 houses were swept away and more than 1,200 people displaced after the swollen Melamchi River coursed through settlements in Sindhupalchowk Saturdaynight. Nepal 02 Aug, 2021
EDITORIAL - Melamchi in crisis With the uncertainty of the Melamchi Drinking Water Project, following colossal damage to its headworks in last month’s floods, water rationing is back in the Kathmandu Valley. Opinion 28 Jul, 2021
Melamchi water supply unlikely any time soon Kathmandu valley residents will not get water from the Melamchi River into their houses as authorities are still struggling to figure out how to repair the damage from the recent flood in the head works of the project. Nepal 27 Jul, 2021
