Groundwater Crisis in Madhesh: Experts Urge Immediate Action at National Symposium Amidst a growing groundwater crisis in Nepal’s Madhesh Province, experts, policymakers, and stakeholders convened at the National Symposium on Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Management of Groundwater Resources in Nepal. Opinion 23 Mar, 2025
Water: Status, challenges & outlook for access and food security Three millennia ago, a Greek philosopher, Thales of Miletus had claimed that “best of everything in this universe is water.” Opinion 30 Sep, 2023
Int'l webinar on water and sustainable economic development held KATHMANDU: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Japan and the School of Engineering, Pokhara University, Nepal jointly organised an International Webinar on ‘Water and Sustainable Economic... Travel 19 Dec, 2020
Ensuring water security: MUWS best bet in hills Multiple Use Water Systems not only addresses water scarcity problems of communities but also helps empower women, as the precious time they loss to fetching water from faraway sources can be used in productive activities Water availability for... 30 Apr, 2018
Programmes held to mark World Water Day Kathmandu, March 22 The World Water Day was marked here today by organising different programmes. The theme for World Water Day this year was ‘Nature for Water — exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face in the 21 st... Horoscopes 23 Mar, 2018
Valley Denizens on World Water Day: Photo Feature KATHMANDU: World Water Day is marked on March 22 every year to highlight the importance of water resource and its uses. In this pretext, the United Nations (UN) has set a theme for World water Day 2018 as "Nature for Water" with an aim to explore... Horoscopes 22 Mar, 2018
Value of water Last week, water practitioners gathered in Stockholm for World Water Week. This is an annual meeting to discuss the world’s water issues, organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute. And if any reminder were needed as to the urgency... 11 Sep, 2017
Watering the future History repeats, history rhymes and sometimes history regresses. Wandering through cities and fields in the Middle East and North Africa a thousand years ago, you would have been struck by the security of water supplies, the irrigation enabling highly... 30 Aug, 2017
BLOG SURF: Water challenges Home to the majority of the world’s population, it is increasingly recognized that the battle for sustainability will be won or lost in cities. Urban areas concentrate and magnify many of the key challenges captured in the 17 Sustainable... 20 Oct, 2016
