by Basant Pratap Singh in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 14, 2023.On October 22, a 40-year-old woman from ward 4 of Kedarsyun Rural Municipality in Bajhang, fell off a cliff while cutting grass and suffered critical injuries. She was rushed to Dhangadhi town of Kailali for lack of a good hospital in Bajhang. But the doctors in Dhangadhi advised her family to take her to a well-facilitated hospital. However, her family thought it better to take…
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by Basant Pratap Singh in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 19, 2023Bindu Chand, a 10th grader at Ganesh Secondary School in ward 6 of Sigas Rural Municipality in Baitadi district, has to wade across the Nwaghari river risking her life to go to school and return home. All her clothes get wet while crossing the river. It is her routine to stay the whole day in class with the wet clothes. “It’s quite difficult during my…
by Mintu Deshwara in The Daily Star, Apr 2, 2023The Sutang river, which was a blessing of nature for the people surrounding it, has now become a curse due to extreme pollution. Many people living on the bank of Sutang used to earn a livelihood by fishing in the river. But now its water has turned into a source of disease and germs. Even, crops are affected, if the river water is used for irrigation.…
by Pinaki Roy in The Daily Star, Mar 14, 2023Around two decades ago, river pollution was confined to mega cities like Dhaka and Chattogram. It has now spread to every town in the country. According to a new study, at least 56 rivers flowing through different parts of the country are suffering from extreme pollution during the lean period — when natural flows of rivers are at their lowest. Conducting a year-long physical survey and…
By Imran Danish in TOLOnews, Jan 23, 2023 at 9:05 PMIran has once again sought commitment from Afghanistan to the Helmand River Treaty signed between the two sides in 1973. Iran’s newly appointed ambassador to Kabul, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, in a meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said Afghanistan’s water resources should be managed to prevent waste and protect Iran’s water rights from it. In this meeting, Muttaqi assured the Iranian ambassador that…