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The problem of Soil Erosion in Nepal

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 The problem of soil erosion in very serious in Nepal. hills are suffering from landslides where plain is affecting from the erosion with floods. soil erosion in a road construction : in syangja district, Nepal     Nepal is a beautiful country located on the foothill of Himalaya covers the area of 147181 square Kilometers and stretches 145-241 kilometer north to south.    Though, she is small than northern and southern giant neighboring China and India in size but rich in diversified natural characters. Diversity of climate in every short distance is the specialty of the country. Water resource and biodiversity is another unique in Nepal. The southern part is fertile plain and rest is hill region consists of deep valleys, hill, and mountains. Landslides are the major factors of soil erosion in the hilly region. Hills and high mountains of Nepal also are facing the problem of landslides. Every year, hundreds of hectors of arable land, residences,...

A travel note on nature: Climate Change

 A funny planned trip for refresh to Baglung not remained within the frame but gave a learn to know the impact of climate change on the rural people of Himalaya foothill in Nepal.   A n old man was sitting with his companions, beneath a tree in a midsummer day of 2018 in Baglung Bazar, a rural-based town and a district headquarter of Baglung of Nepal. He was not a shopkeeper or business but a middle-classed farmer and a retired civil servant of district administrative office. He was saying with upset loading mood that his generation will not be able to handover the quiet beauty of nature to the coming generation. His indication was toward a gloomy future. His colleagues were not serious to him because they did not understand the seriousness of the subject. Perhaps he was comparing the climate between of now and then.  It was too late to planting paddy in fields due to the shortage of water. Irrigation Canals were empty of water. Streams were not ...