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Soil Dust Major Problem in Rural Roads in Nepal

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The rural areas in Nepal badly affected by dust pollution in the air . This air pollution is leading people to serious problems with health . People are facing respiratory and other health problems but responsible units and persons are not paying attention.     Dusty roads in the rural area Recently, I started about a 30-kilometer journey from a tourist hob city Pokhara to Deurali village by bus. It was after the rainy season and the day was mild sunny. Although some pitches of clouds were roaming on the northern horizon. The road was graveled of pebbles and soil after the Sisuwa bazaar.  The bus itself started to blow dust on the air in the ratio of its speed. The dust was converted into fog around the bus as its slow speed. Pedestrians were seen covered in fog on the road.  Farmers in the nearest paddy field were also seen as the creatures, floating on the clouds. Bush stopped at the foothill named Fedi village. The bus was covered with a dusty fog l...

Border Dispute: Losing The Ground Of Faith ?

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India n army deployed in Kalapani six decades ago when India and China were in prone war positions. The time was not in favor of Nepal to raise the issue. Nepal has been raising the issue at a high level of political meet for the last four decades. Both agree to solve all border problems between them. A secretary-level joint committee is working in the field. But the committee does not find the solution of Kalapani and Susta, without high-level political concent. It is not the time for ego and encroachment but for peace friendship and justice.                 Recently on 2 November India published its political map that covers Nepal claiming Kalapani within its own Uttrakhand province. People in Nepal came on the streets with chanting slogans against India to leave the Kalapani. Amid the mounting pressure, the Nepal government released a statement that unilateral change in the map is unacceptable and the land is under sovereign  Ne...

Effect of climate-changing: water crisis in Tarai

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Churia hill range is losing its water recharge and soil erosion conserving capacity, subsequently the Tarai  is facing not only underground water crisis but drought and floods. This is the main cause of human exploitation of Chure. Chure Forest       A group of youth arrived in Kathmandu, the capital city of the federal republic of Nepal from Tarai ( Province no 2 ) to draw the attention of the federal government about the crisis of water in their villages . Madhesh is located at the adjoining southern plain of fragile Churiya or Siwalik mountain range covered with forest and populated areas, geographically included hills and valleys. They were staging a protest gathering in Maitighar Mandala a well-known protest venue in the city. According to them, the situation is going worsening since last few years. Siwalik hill range is expanse Pakistan to Brahmaputra river of India is the youngest hill range of the Indian peninsula. The pa...