Flooded seasonal streams sever lifeline road, isolating Kanchanpur settlements from essential services
About 500 households in Khalla, Tundikhel and Musetti areas of Bhimdatta Municipality have been affected.
About 500 households in Khalla, Tundikhel and Musetti areas of Bhimdatta Municipality have been affected.
Before liberation in 2000, Asturni Dagoura worked tirelessly, on a landlord’s farm, struggling with debt. Now she lives with her family in her own house.
A total of 3,293 members of 891 households were relocated to safety as of Monday morning.
Several places, including district headquarters Mahendranagar, inundated after incessant rainfall.
Nepal Army’s snakebite treatment centre at Arjuni inside the Shuklaphanta National Park treated 60 cases in the last three weeks.
Despite having land ownership certificates, the local residents cannot use their land for collateral for bank loans due to border disputes.
Schools in Kailali, Bardiya and Kanchanpur suspend classes for at least a week after students started falling ill. Dhangadhi hottest in 28 years, says Met office.
The two had reached Russia in late 2023 and were recruited into the Russian army recently.
Officials say the move aims to ensure student retention and teacher positions in community schools that are struggling with resources.
The national park now faces challenges in managing habitat and prey along with the rise of tiger population in the park area.
The accident occurred after a jeep, travelling to Tanakpur from Betalghat, carrying Nepali labourers, fell off a cliff on Monday evening.
Since March 14, as many as 58 people entering Nepal on foot through the Gauriphanta and Gaddachauki checkpoints in Kanchanpur district have tested positive. However, those entering by vehicle are not tested.
Last year’s survey in the national park found five of these critically endangered ground-nesting birds, which are now confined to Nepal, India and Cambodia.
1,887 gharials that grew up in the centre have been released in various rivers so far. But their survival rate is very low.
The body of the 37-year-old was recovered from a canal on Tuesday.