By Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, April 11, 2023Nepal has received commercial explosives from China for the first time in several years to help Chinese contractors of various projects carry out construction- and mining-related blasts. The development comes amid perceived reluctance by India to supply explosives for projects that involve Chinese companies either as developers or contractors. “We got a delivery of 90 tonnes of explosives from China last week,” said Ananda Chaudhary,…
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by Harihar Singh Rathore in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 2, 2022The completion of a road linking Dolpa and Jajarkot has brought little cheer to locals because of the absence of bridges. The 118-km road was completed three years ago, but the contractors are yet to build five bridges which means porters still have to carry goods on their backs. Lack of river crossings has made life difficult—and dangerous—for the residents of Dolpa, eastern Jajarkot and…