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Tuin Khola landslide threat persists as monsoon nears
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (679+ words) The Tuin Khola section near Mugling has once again become a major landslide risk ahead of the monsoon, threatening traffic on the busy Narayanghat-Mugling road. The landslide-prone area has repeatedly disrupted movement on the highway over the past two to…...
A complex, ambitious portrait of the Himalayas
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (423+ words) When Han Suyin, the Chinese-born Eurasian writer, arrived in Nepal in 1956 to attend King Mahendra's coronation, she was inspired to write the book "The Mountain is Young', which captured the fragments of Kathmandu's coming-out party and the boozy world of…...
Contractor's quarrying blamed for repeated landslides along Kaligandaki Corridor
9+ mon, 6+ day ago (533+ words) The Balewa'Ridi section of the Kaligandaki Corridor in Baglung district was completed in the second week of June, six months ahead of schedule, and handed over to the project. Since the start of the monsoon, however, the section has been…...
Massive methane reserve" in Dailekh fuels energy sufficiency hope
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (684+ words) A preliminary study has shown the presence of over 1. 12 billion cubic metres of methane gas in Dailekh, a hill district of Karnali province. The discovery marks a turning point in Nepal's quest for energy independence. The massive reserve, discovered in…...