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3250001	有图 <p>床下の装置から煙が出て岐阜羽島駅にとまったままになっている東海道新幹線「こだま」の車両について、JR東海は17日夜に予定していた浜松市の工場への移動を電気回路に不具合が見つかったため、急きょ取りやめました。</p> <p> <p> <img src="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/parts16/images/common/noimg_default.gif" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <p> <p>東海道新幹線の「こだま764号」は今月15日、岐阜羽島駅に停車した際、車両を走行させるモーターの出力を制御する「主変換装置」と呼ばれる床下の装置から煙が出ました。</p><p>新幹線の車両は、2020年7月から導入を進めている最新型の「N700S」で、JR東海は詳しい調査のため、とまったままになっている岐阜羽島駅の構内から浜松市の工場に17日夜に移動を始めることにしていました。</p><p>ところが移動直前に電気回路に不具合が見つかり、途中で動かなくなるおそれがあることがわかったということです。</p><p>このためJR東海は、18日の東海道新幹線全体の運行に影響が出るおそれもあるとして、急きょ、17日夜の移動を取りやめました。</p><p>今後の予定は未定だということですが、JR東海は「安全に運行できる状態を確認したら移動させたい」としています。</p> </p> </p> </p> 床下から煙の東海道新幹線「こだま」の車両工場への移動急きょ取りやめ電気回路に不具合見つかる \| NHK \| 鉄道	查看 699	日本广播协会	2025-08-18 05:31:49 2025-08-18 09:05:38	word
3250000	有图 <p>フィリピンの首都マニラで15日、日本人の男性2人がタクシーから降りた直後、男に拳銃で撃たれて死亡しました。現地の大使館は日本人が被害にあう拳銃を使った強盗が相次いでいるとして注意を呼びかけています。</p> <p> <p> <img src="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/parts16/images/common/noimg_default.gif" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <p> <p>フィリピンの日本大使館や地元の警察によりますと、15日夜、首都マニラの路上で日本人の男性2人がタクシーから降りた直後、近づいてきた男に拳銃で撃たれて死亡したということです。</p><p>男は、被害者の所持品を奪ったあともう1人の男とともにバイクで逃走していて地元の警察が行方を捜査しています。</p><p>現場は首都マニラの多くの観光客が訪れる繁華街で、地元の警察はパトロールを強化しています。</p><p>現地の日本大使館は、日本人が被害にあう拳銃を使った強盗が相次いでいるとして注意を呼びかけています。</p> </p> </p> </p> フィリピンマニラで日本人男性2人が拳銃で撃たれて死亡 \| NHK \| 事件	查看 569	日本广播协会	2025-08-18 06:19:35 2025-08-18 09:05:38	word
3249999	有图 <p>前線の影響で記録的な大雨となった九州で、熊本県に大雨の特別警報が出されてから、18日で1週間です。九州では、これまでに7人が死亡し、1人の行方が分からなくなっているほか、住宅被害は4300棟を超えていて、住まいの確保や生活の再建などきめ細かい支援が課題となっています。</p> <p> <p> <img src="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/parts16/images/common/noimg_default.gif" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <p> <p>九州では、前線の影響で線状降水帯が相次いで発生し、今月8日、鹿児島県霧島市に大雨の特別警報が出され、11日には熊本県内でも7つの市と町に特別警報が発表されました。</p><p>この大雨で、これまでに7人が死亡し、県ごとの内訳は、熊本県で50代から70代の男女4人、福岡県で70代の男女2人、鹿児島県で30代の女性1人となっています。</p><p>また、熊本県で60代の男性1人の行方が分からなくなっています。</p> </p> </p> <p> <img src="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/parts16/images/common/noimg_default.gif" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <p> <p>被災した住宅も相次ぎ、床上浸水や床下浸水などの被害は熊本、鹿児島、福岡の3県であわせて4300棟余りに上り、熊本県内では、17日午後3時の時点で、8つの市と町で避難所に81人が避難しています。</p><p>このうち熊本県上天草市では17日も、厳しい暑さのなか、被災した住宅を片づける作業が行われ、被災した人たちからは住まいの確保や生活再建に不安の声も聞かれました。</p><p>被災した各自治体はさらに被害の実態把握を進めていて、影響が長引くなか、被災した人たちの住まいの確保や生活の再建、心身のケアなど、きめ細かい支援が課題となっています。</p> </p> </p> <p> 被災した人たちから不安の声 <img src="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/parts16/images/common/noimg_default.gif" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <p> <p>今月11日の記録的な大雨で住宅の浸水被害が相次いだ熊本県上天草市では、17日も片づけの作業が続けられていて、被災した人たちからは暮らしの再建や住まいの確保などへの不安の声が上がっています。</p><p>熊本県では記録的な大雨で、これまでに住宅への浸水被害が10の市と10の町で3300棟を超え、このうち、上天草市では619棟で床上や床下の浸水被害がでています。</p><p>17日も、上天草市では厳しい暑さのなか被災した住宅の片づけが続いています。</p><p>このうち、松島町今泉地区の岡部義人さん(62)は、自宅が1階の床上まで浸水したため宿泊施設などで寝泊まりを続けながら片づけ作業に追われています。</p><p>さらに経営している理髪店も1メートル以上浸水して営業ができなくなり、今後の生活をどうしていくか不安を感じているということです。</p><p>岡部さんは「家具は全部だめになりました。理髪店が被災したため収入がない状態が続きます。いつ仕事を再開できるのかが今は一番不安です」と話していました。</p><p>また同じ地区に住む田中ゆりこさん（77）も、2階建ての自宅が床上浸水しました。</p><p>自宅は泥水が流れ込んでいて暮らすのは当面は難しいと感じていて、市内にアパートを借りて生活する予定だということです。</p><p>田中さんは「このあたりは一帯が床上浸水したためアパートを探す人も多く、住まいの確保に苦労しました」と話していました。</p> </p> </p> </p> 熊本大雨特別警報から1週間生活再建へきめ細かい支援が課題 \| NHK \| 気象	查看 1858	日本广播协会	2025-08-18 07:18:16 2025-08-18 09:05:38	word
3249998	无图 <p>ウクライナのゼレンスキー大統領は、18日にアメリカを訪問し、トランプ大統領と会談します。会談にはヨーロッパ5か国の首脳らも同席する予定で、ヨーロッパの国々と結束して領土や安全の保証などウクライナの立場について改めて理解を求めるとみられます。</p> <p> <p> <p> <p>ゼレンスキー大統領は18日にアメリカを訪問してトランプ大統領と会談する予定で、ヨーロッパの5か国とEU＝ヨーロッパ連合、それにNATO＝北大西洋条約機構の首脳も同席する方針です。</p><p>これを前にゼレンスキー大統領は17日、ベルギーを訪問し、まず、EUのフォンデアライエン委員長と会談しました。</p><p>2人は記者会見を開き、ゼレンスキー大統領はトランプ大統領との会談について、「われわれは殺りくを止めなければならない。停戦して、最終的な合意に向けて迅速に取り組む必要がある」と述べました。</p><p>そのうえで「トランプ大統領とすべての考えを共有しなければならない」と述べ、領土や停戦後の安全の保証など、ウクライナ側の立場をしっかりと伝えると強調しました。</p><p>その後、ゼレンスキー大統領は、停戦後にウクライナへの部隊の派遣などを検討する有志連合の関係国とオンラインで協議し、ウクライナへの揺るぎない支援を確認しました。</p><p>ロシアのプーチン大統領との会談以降、トランプ大統領はロシア側の主張に一部歩み寄りを示したとも指摘されていて、ゼレンスキー大統領としては、ヨーロッパの国々と結束してウクライナの立場について改めて理解を求めるとみられます。</p> </p> </p> </p> ゼレンスキー大統領トランプ大統領と会談へ欧州首脳らも同席 \| NHK \| ウクライナ情勢	查看 744	日本广播协会	2025-08-18 05:57:01 2025-08-18 09:05:38	word
3249997	无图 <p>18日午前、大阪・ミナミの道頓堀で飲食店などが入るビルから火が出て、一時、黒煙が激しく立ち上りました。</p><p>消火活動が進められていますが、消防によりますとこれまでに20代の女性が搬送されました。意識はあるということです。</p> <p> <p> <p> <p>18日午前9時50分ごろ大阪・中央区の道頓堀にある7階建てのビルの1階から火が出たと近くの店の従業員から消防に通報がありました。</p><p>消防車など33台とヘリコプター1機が出動して消火活動が進められていますがこれまでのところ隣接する建物と合わせて40平方メートルが焼けたということです。</p><p>NHKが午前10時ごろ、上空から撮影した映像ではビルの建物内から火が出ていて、消防が放水している様子がわかります。</p><p>また、周辺には白い煙が立ちこめていて、建物の周囲では警察が立ち入りを規制しています。</p><p>消防によりますとこの火事で、これまでに20代の女性1人が病院に搬送されました。</p><p>意識はあるということです。</p><p>現場は大阪・ミナミの道頓堀にある繁華街の一角で、観光客などで混雑しているエリアです。</p> </p> </p> <p> 目撃した人「黒い煙がビル1棟分ほど立ち上って炎も見えた」 <p> <p>火事を目撃した40代の男性は「モノが割れるような音がして現場の方を見ると、逃げてくる人がいて何かなと思いました。黒い煙がビル1棟分ほど立ち上って炎も見えて怖かったです」と話していました。</p> </p> </p> </p> 大阪ミナミの中心部でビル火災 1人搬送 \| NHK \| 大阪府	查看 765	日本广播协会	2025-08-18 11:07:00 2025-08-18 09:05:38	word
3249996	无图 <p>18日の東京株式市場は、日米両国で景気が堅調だという見方から取り引き開始直後に日経平均株価は300円以上値上がりして、一時、取引時間中の史上最高値を更新しました。</p> <p> <p> </p> <p> <p> <p>日経平均株価は先週、史上最高値の更新が続きましたが週明けの18日の東京株式市場は取り引き開始直後に300円以上値上がりして一時、取引時間中の史上最高値を更新しました。</p><p>株価の上昇は、先週末に発表されたアメリカの小売業の売上高の内容から消費が堅調だという見方が広がったほか日本でもGDP＝国内総生産の伸び率が市場予想を上回ったことで国内経済も底堅いとして投資家の安心感につながったためとみられます。</p><p>市場関係者は、「依然として投資家の間で史上最高値更新への期待は高いほか海外投資家を中心に日本株はまだ割安だとして買い注文が広がった。一方、このところの株価の急上昇には過熱感も指摘されている」と話しています。</p> </p> </p> </p> 株価一時4万3500円超取り引き時間中の史上最高値更新 \| NHK \| 株価・為替	查看 518	日本广播协会	2025-08-18 09:22:06 2025-08-18 09:05:38	word
3249995	有图 <p>18日も東北から九州にかけての各地で猛烈な暑さとなる見込みで、特に関東や東海では局地的に40度に迫る危険な暑さとなるおそれがあります。引き続き、熱中症への対策を徹底してください。</p> <p> 熱中症に関する情報はNHKニュース・防災アプリで <p>離れて暮らす家族や、大切な人を守るため「NHK ニュース・防災アプリ」で、熱中症に関する情報をご確認ください</p> <img src="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20250818/K10014896461_2508172012_0818055402_02_03.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"> <p> </p> <p> <p> <p>気象庁によりますと、18日も全国的に高気圧に覆われて広い範囲で晴れ、気温が上がる見込みです。</p><p>日中の最高気温は</p><p>▽前橋市や埼玉県熊谷市、名古屋市、岐阜市で39度</p><p>▽甲府市で38度と危険な暑さとなる見込みで、関東や東海の内陸部では局地的に40度に迫るおそれもあります。</p><p>また</p><p>▽静岡県浜松市や京都市、奈良市で37度</p><p>▽大阪市や宇都宮市、岡山市、高松市で36度</p><p>▽東京の都心や岩手県一関市、富山市、熊本市、鹿児島市で35度と、各地で猛烈な暑さが予想されています。</p><p>熱中症の危険性が極めて高くなるとして、関東甲信から九州にかけての全国23の都府県に熱中症警戒アラートが発表されています。</p><p>エアコンを適切に使用したり、水分・塩分を補給したりするなど熱中症対策を徹底してください。</p><p>大雨の被災地でも厳しい暑さとなる見込みで、片づけなどを行う際には、こまめな休憩を取るほか、周りに体調を崩している人がいないか声をかけあうことも重要です。</p> </p> </p> </p> 関東や東海で局地的に40度に迫るおそれ熱中症対策の徹底を \| NHK \| 気象	查看 977	日本广播协会	2025-08-18 06:01:47 2025-08-18 09:05:38	word
3249994	有图 <p>Premier International IB Continuum School has achieved a significant milestone at the 2025 World Scholar’s Cup Global Round in Bangkok. Ten students participated, obtaining 19 gold and 39 silver medals, and qualifying for the Tournament of Champions at Yale University in December.</p><p>According to a press statement issued by the school, Shruti Shrestha became the first Nepali student inducted into the World Scholar’s Cup Hall of Fame, securing the title of Overall Champion Scholar in the Senior Division. She had earlier received the JAC Khor Award at the Kathmandu Regional Round and repeated this result internationally, alongside 11 gold and four silver medals.</p><p>As per the statement, other students also achieved the following results: Garima Ranjit (one gold, seven silver), Sanvee Upadhyay (one gold, four silver), Sanskrity Adhikary (one gold, three silver), Bianca Pal (one gold, four silver), Rachel Sapkota (three silver), Sanaatan Neupane (two silver), Aarush Acharya (two silver), Mantra Pokharel (two gold, six silver), and Suprina Ami Adhikari (one gold, four silver). Sanvee Upadhyay also served as Nepal"s flagbearer for the opening ceremony.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>The competition involved over 5,200 students from 30 countries and featured competitive categories such as Writing Champion, Subject Challenge, Asimov Award, Team Debate, and Champion Scholar.</p><p>The delegation will represent Nepal at the Tournament of Champions at Yale University from 8 to 14 December 2025, where they will compete against peers from around the world.</p> Nepali students shine at 2025 World Scholar’s Cup	查看 1814	加德满都邮报	2025-08-15 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
3249993	有图 <p>Unlike before, the Miss Nepal pageant is no longer seen just as a runway for beauty; it is now recognised as a platform where contestants channel their passions into advocacy. From social work and entrepreneurship to national representation on global platforms, the pageant has become a vehicle for empowerment and change.</p><p>Ashma Kumari KC, the reigning Miss Nepal, recalls growing up watching the pageant and admiring the women who wore the crown. To her young eyes, they were symbols of confidence, elegance, and purpose. As she grew older, her childhood dream of competing in Miss Nepal faded into the background. Life moved on, and other priorities took over. But her family and friends continued to believe in her. They pushed her to try, convinced she had what it takes. Eventually, KC decided to give it a shot, never realising it would transform her life.</p><p>“Winning the crown was a dream realised, but it was so much more than that,” she says. “It became an opportunity to represent Nepal, to serve my country, and to use this platform to amplify my voice.”</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>KC had been involved in social work long before Miss Nepal, shaping her view of the crown as a responsibility rather than an end goal. Her Beauty with a Purpose project, Rojgar Setu, focuses on skill-building and entrepreneurship training for women.</p><p>“Becoming financially independent at a young age taught me the value of self-reliance,” she explains. “I wanted to extend that empowerment to other women, so they too can create ventures, become financially independent, and uplift their communities.”</p><p>To KC, Miss Nepal was never the ultimate goal. “It was a milestone I wanted to achieve before moving on to bigger dreams. My reign may end, but my journey is just beginning. This crown is one chapter. My life’s mission is to create lasting change for my country.”</p><p>KC’s reflections echo those of many former winners, who say Miss Nepal gave them both visibility and reach. Ishani Shrestha, Miss Nepal 2013 and the founder of Project Smile, recalls how the platform enabled her to organise dental and health camps in remote areas and introduce training programmes in first aid, cooking, and flower arrangement.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>“Miss Nepal gave me networks, a platform to raise funds, and the credibility to take my cause to places I could never have reached alone. Without it, carrying my project to the farthest corners of Nepal would have been impossible,” she says.</p> Wearing the crown, carrying a cause	查看 2978	加德满都邮报	2025-08-15 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
3249992	有图 <p>When ‘Mo Yan: Katha ra Upanyasika’, published by Nepalaya and translated by Sarbottam Shrestha, first came into my hands, I was expecting a glimpse into another literary world—not a dive into a surreal, brutal, yet strangely beautiful world that was both foreign and strangely familiar. The stories are strongly infused with a Chinese flavour and covered with hallucinatory realism, lore, satire, and everyday problems of ordinary people. They were not just stories but worlds to live in, demanding one’s total concentration and leaving one with long shadows much after the last page.</p><p>Mo Yan, the 2012 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, is defined by a method that does more than tell—grasps, pierces, and exposes. His sharp realism can sometimes be uncomfortable, and his talent for blending the physical, emotional, and symbolic into a seamless narrative is exceptional. This translated collection, split into two parts, includes seventeen short stories and two compelling novellas: ‘Seto Kukur ra Ping’ (‘White Dog and the Swing’) and ‘Phool Bokney Yuwati’ (‘The Woman with the Flowers’). The translation conveys the rhythms and textures of Mo Yan’s writing, so Nepali readers experience the same jolts, blanks, and troughs as his original readers.</p><p>Among the short stories, ‘Divya Aushadhi’ (‘Divine Medicine’) is notable for its stark accuracy. The scene where a man’s heart and liver are removed is described so vividly that it causes a physical sensation—an ache in the reader’s chest. Mo Yan’s realism is neither softened nor symbolic; it’s visceral, unwavering, and precise. He demonstrates that plain, unembellished violence can be more disturbing than the most elaborate horror.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>‘Surung’ (‘The Tunnel’) broke illusions regarding China’s One-Child Policy. For foreigners abroad, the policies seemed to be concretely and unconditionally put into practice, with an authority that left little room for disobedience. But from this story, it is seen that there was indeed resistance—silent, tentative, but human. In describing the lives of common people, Mo Yan proves that despite repressive state supervision, personal freedom of choice and delicate acts of rebellion can prevail.</p><p>The emotional load of ‘Anna’ is of a different kind. Based on real life, it shows a mother’s desperation and determination to do anything to feed her children. The quiet heroism here is not in flamboyant gestures but in grim struggle against hunger and despair. It evokes deep respect and leaves the viewer with an aftertaste of guilt—a reminder that the next time food is wasted, somewhere someone is making unconscionable sacrifices just to put a meal on the table.</p><p>Not every story in the collection is strictly based on fact. Some, like ‘Raatma Machha Marna Jada’ and ‘Hawaii Udan’, edge towards fantasy, an otherness that hovers between dream and reality. These moments of enchantment and strangeness interrupt the bleakness of the harder stories, but they are always linked to the emotional realities that weave the collection.</p><p>The book mainly connects through shared human experiences. Even though it is set in rural China, themes like poverty, family duty, superstition, ghosts, and survival are familiar in Nepal too. Across Asia, people share similar struggles and values, so while the details differ, the core experiences feel the same.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>The second-half novellas display another aspect of Mo Yan’s art. In ‘White Dog and the Swing’, heroine Nuan, a one-eyed female, lives in a world of silence—her husband and three sons are speechless and her own voice a voice of silence in suffering. Her unexpected and shocking request to the narrator to be the father of a child who can speak is both heartbreaking and morally complex. It forces a confrontation with questions of survival, dignity, and the limits of compassion. The writer uses stillness and rural metaphors to turn silence into a potent storytelling device.</p><p>‘Phool Bokney Yuwati’ (‘The Woman with the Flowers’) feels like walking through a dream. The figure of the central woman, draped in flowers and a decaying shawl, is less a character than a living symbol. She becomes an emblem of lost time, frustrated desire, lost loveliness, and perhaps guilt. The prose here is rich, sensual, and hypnotic, inviting the reader not to solve the mystery but to stay suspended. It is a story to be felt, not spoken, a narrative that obsesses the subconscious like a half-remembered nightmare.</p><p>The anthology has its frustrations. Some of the stories are slow-moving, and for those not used to symbolic or highly metaphorical writing, some of the pieces will seem to slip away. There are instances in which the story appears to close up the truth, leaving it unrevealed. This will infuriate those expecting clear cut storytelling, but it is also part of Mo Yan’s style—to leave the reader just a little bit disturbed, to force them to continue the narrative in their own mind.</p><p>The novellas, however, catch with more force. They create tension that invites the reader deeper, page after page, with that implicit but insistent query: what happens next? This protracted pull is one of Mo Yan’s hallmarks—the ability to turn uncertainty into an end in itself to keep reading.</p><p>Reading this series is like stepping into a world where the real and the imaginary blend, where beauty and ugliness go hand in hand. Mo Yan peels off the mask of society, history, and mankind, showing how fiction can be dreamlike yet very real. Though grounded in modern China, his stories broadly illustrate universal human feelings that resonate beyond national boundaries.</p><p>This is not only a window into China’s rural heart but also a mirror. In it, Nepali readers will perhaps see echoes of their own villages, histories, and unvoiced struggles. For all those who seek literature that breaks conventions, provokes contemplation, and inspires empathy, Mo Yan has a haunting and indelible journey.</p><p>______</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>‘Mo Yan: Katha ra Upanyasika’</p><p>Author: Mo Yan</p><p>Translator: Sarbottam Shrestha</p><p>Publisher: Nepalaya</p><p>Year: 2025</p> Reading Mo Yan in Nepali: A journey into China’s soul	查看 6917	加德满都邮报	2025-08-15 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
3249991	有图 <p>FARAWAY Film Premiere</p><p>Max Limbu"s debut film, which explores love transcending caste barriers in Nepal, will premiere for the first time.</p><p>When: August 21</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Where: Eden Amphitheatre, Sanepa</p><p>Time: 6:00 pm</p><p>Entry: Free (Limited Seating)</p><p>Pottery Workshop</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p> EVENTS: August 16 to August 22, 2025	查看 804	加德满都邮报	2025-08-16 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
3249990	有图 <p>Food, water and energy; these three were once considered to be the secret sauce to Nepal’s economic growth, livelihoods and security. They are now the sources of new vulnerabilities that are deeply altering Nepal’s social and economic landscape.</p><p>The abundance of water and energy, the pride of Nepal, is not being positioned to address food vulnerabilities. Instead, they are being repurposed for other things, in part because there is not enough attention being paid to the issue of food security. Nepal must rapidly address these vulnerabilities.</p><p>Growing food imports </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Nepal remains a deeply agrarian economy with 61 percent of the population still working in the farming sector. Unfortunately, those working in agriculture have fared poorly. Between 1991 and 2021, for example, the real per capita income in agriculture increased by only one percent on average, a dismal rate of growth. Over that same period, the share of agriculture in gross domestic product (GDP) has declined from 48 percent to 21 percent. </p><p>Remittance, currently accounting for approximately 26 percent of GDP, far exceeds the income from agriculture. We may still be a country of farmers, but our farmers are forced to work in the fields and factories of other countries. </p><p>The impact of declining agricultural productivity and profitability is already showing up in Nepal’s food vulnerability. In the last fiscal year 2024-2025, Nepal imported Rs360 billion (approximately $2.57 billion) of food products. Just two decades earlier, in 2001, Nepal’s agricultural imports were merely $12 million. </p><p>Agricultural products account for approximately a fifth of total imports, adding to Nepal’s growing trade deficit. Rice, fruits, vegetables and staple food alone account for 30 percent of farm products being imported. </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Declining agricultural land</p><p>The decline in agricultural land is another factor compounding Nepal’s food vulnerabilities. Agricultural land has been declining by 1.75 percent annually on average, a study by the Forest Research and Training Centre (FRTC) under the Ministry of Forests and Environment found in its December 2024 report. </p><p>For the half-century between 1970 and 2023, agricultural land in Nepal faced a bell-shaped growth pattern, rising to a peak in 2000 and dropping sharply thereafter. The doubling of Nepal’s forest and the highly trumpeted successes of community-managed forests should be considered in the context of declining agricultural land. </p><p>Nepal’s forest cover has doubled over just the last two decades and now represents approximately 46 percent of the total land. This growth in Nepal’s forest cover has been widely acclaimed nationally and internationally. The <i>New York Times</i>, for instance, has devoted several articles to documenting the success of Nepal’s community-managed forests and other initiatives in achieving this growth.</p><p>While the growth of Nepal’s forest cover is being celebrated—and there is certainly a lot to celebrate—the loss of agricultural land is growing relatively unnoticed. To some extent, the growth in forest cover is a result of the decline in agricultural land and livestock farming. </p><p>The fact that growth in forest cover is celebrated without acknowledging how that might portend an equally worrisome trend in the decline of agricultural land is an illustration of how Nepal’s food vulnerabilities are being overlooked. </p><p>The decline in agricultural productivity, profitability and land are all swirling together in an era of rising food prices, increased climate risks and emigration to create one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities for Nepal. This risk must draw greater attention than it currently does. </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Abundant water, no infrastructure </p><p>Nepal still has an abundant water supply, though some areas are beginning to report increased water scarcity. Several factors are contributing towards that stress: Urbanisation, lack of infrastructure and groundwater depletion. Urban centres, such as Kathmandu, routinely report water stress from scarcity of drinking water. Many parts of Nepal are still reliant on natural springs, making them highly susceptible to geological shifts. Some estimates suggest that approximately 5,000 natural springs may have dried up after the earthquake in 2015. </p><p>Only about 40 percent of the agricultural land has access to irrigation. The rest rely on rainfall, making them highly vulnerable to erratic weather patterns from climate change. Although groundwater level is still adequate to sustain a higher level of agriculture in the Terai, declining agricultural profitability has meant that farmers are reluctant to invest in pumping and other irrigation options.</p><p>The abundance of water in Nepal should have been able to mitigate against the risks to agriculture, providing a key ingredient to buffer against increased climate and competitive pressures. Without the infrastructure to bring water to the field and irrigate them, the water supply is reduced to the options of streams, springs or underground sources. The abundance of water without the associated irrigation infrastructure has hobbled Nepal’s agriculture and compounded food vulnerabilities. </p><p>Unfilled promise of energy </p><p>The only answer to Nepal’s food vulnerability is electrification and mechanisation of agriculture. Nepal may be well-suited for this with a large base of electricity generation that is reportedly significantly higher than demand. </p><p>But where is the electricity to power this electrification and mechanisation in agriculture? Earlier this week, Nepal secured an agreement to sell an additional 200 megawatts(MW) to India, taking the total level of potential exports to 1,140 MW. These exports will no doubt earn Nepal several billion rupees. </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>But those exports are very expensive for Nepali farmers. The absence of reliable electricity is undermining the transition to increased agricultural productivity and profitability through electrification, modernisation and mechanisation.</p><p>The lack of energy for agriculture is at the heart of Nepal’s food vulnerability. Nepali agriculture has remained trapped in traditional methods almost entirely because electricity has not been available to drive the transition to modern and mechanised methods. </p><p>Energy use in Nepal’s agriculture remains exceedingly low, approximately 22 kilograms of oil equivalent per agricultural work in 2021. Other developing countries use approximately four times that energy input in agriculture, suggesting much higher levels of mechanisation than in Nepal. </p><p>For Nepal to overcome its food vulnerability, the power sector must also be able to take advantage of improved electricity supply to the farmlands. Transmission and distribution infrastructure feeding rural and agricultural areas must be significantly strengthened—they are currently too weak and outdated to support widespread mechanisation in agriculture. </p><p>Not enough investments are flowing to improve the quality of transmission and distribution infrastructure in rural agricultural areas. Electricity access alone is not enough. The distribution network serving these areas must be enhanced and modernised. </p><p>So, here is the irony of Nepal’s food vulnerability in the context of Nepal’s power exports to India. </p><p>With the most recent hydro power export deal, Nepal will sell electricity to Haryana, an agriculturally rich Indian state. Haryana’s farmers will use the electricity from Nepal to pump water to cultivate rice. Haryana’s farmers will use Nepal’s electricity to hull the rice, polish it and sack it. That Haryana rice will be imported to Nepal, where Kathmandu’s power sector elites and decision makers will eat it while celebrating the export of electricity to India. </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>It will be a yummy feast only for those eating. </p> How Nepal’s hydro betrayed its farmers	查看 9195	加德满都邮报	2025-08-16 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
3249989	有图 <p>I want to share some visceral stories and allude to some episodes of book reading and the history of the activities related to different libraries. This is the subject of a long survey and analysis. However, for heuristic reasons, I want to begin with a simple narrative of the individual practice of reading and management. </p><p>Books and libraries are important components of reading culture. As reading is a solitary endeavour, it is difficult to say what books individuals or a certain class of people read unless they share their experiences of reading books as part of their habits and selections. Reading is a private culture that does not have to be explained to people in society. In the question "What do they read?", both "what" and "they" are ambiguous lexical items. </p><p>The Nepali reading culture grew with limited books and a small number of people who were literate enough to read simple books. The question of the production of books comes when we intend to discuss reading in earlier times. The limited repertoire of books used by the small reading public in a society where the literacy rate was very low has drawn the interest of researchers and literary writers in the present times.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>I became familiar with the reading interests and collections of books of some writers senior to me in Kathmandu. They include literary writers, some historians and politicians. My story is limited. But there are important categories of people whose choice of reading is familiar to me as a teacher or someone who has worked and read with them. I would call that a class of students or research scholars with whom I worked closely at different times. The practice continues in some ways even today. The areas of their studies and research guide their choice of books. These people"s repertoire of reading materials is quite large. They constitute an enlightened reading public who read books with purpose propelled by a sense of application. The big bookshops of the metropolis rely on this clientele. It is a dynamic reading class whose interest is diverse and whose scope of use is expanding every day. It is related to the degree of their studies and research. </p><p>I would call this group a reading public with a purpose. The other common word is graduate students who write dissertations, research articles and study the subjects of their choice. This class of readers are important people who constitute an important section of the modern society and their fields of study are diverse. It is not possible to discuss the relationship between books and the diverse groups of academic practitioners. I do not want to write about the subject of students and their needs and choices of books in this article. But I must mention one important topic here. It is the subject of libraries that academics or the general public can use.</p><p>The important problem here is the question of library management, which has a history of its own. The libraries that we can recall are only a few. Books were the subjects of passion for some members of the aristocracy and court pundits. Kaiser Shumsher Rana housed a great collection of books in his own palatial building known as Kaiser Mahal. Shumsher"s generous wife, Krishna Chandra Devi Rana, donated 50,000 books, documents and pictures to the Nepal government in 1969. This library was damaged by the earthquake of 2015, rendering it dysfunctional. After a careful retrofitting, it has become functional again. A mention should be made of the National Library housed in the palatial building known as Harihar Bhawan. It was and is still considered a major library, though its condition changed after the earthquake, followed by slow restoration and general negligence, as reported by journalists who covered its situation. The government of Nepal set up this library with the books from the personal collection of Guru Hemraj Pandey in 1956. </p><p>The library that I used most, both as a student and a teacher, is the Central Library of Tribhuvan University, located in the Kirtipur campus. I had found some information about the history of this library of my alma mater Tribhuvan University, perched on a lovely height, overlooking much of the Kathmandu valley. The panorama of the mountains that I always found so breathtaking emerged in the view after I spent hours reading in the library. </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>This feeling is encapsulated in the poetic line from William Wordsworth"s, ‘My heart leaps up when I behold/ A rainbow in the sky,’ when I see students emerging from the library even today. The Government of Nepal and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) made an agreement on April 30, 1957, to establish a Library in Kathmandu that would be considered the main locus of libraries. Its first location was the old Rana palace called Lal Durbar, where it started operating under the guidance of Dr E.W. Erickson. The university’s central library came into existence after the passing of the Tribhuvan University Act in July 1959. The same library was moved to Kirtipur later. It is used by graduate students and others.</p><p>The narrative of the libraries in Nepal is long. However, one humble but important initiative made to start a public library in Kathmandu to promote a reading culture and facility is worth mentioning. A few individuals, among them Tirtharaj Wanta, Narayan Khadka and a few others—I was also a member—created a Society of Kathmandu Valley Public Library in 2003.Today, a few serious staff members and individuals are managing this library in an insufficient space in Bhirkuti Mandap. I highly value the symbolism of this library that foregrounds "public", "open" and "mission".</p><p>We should not forget the great role played by bookshops, especially those of Kathmandu, for the promotion, enhancement and popularisation of reading culture in Nepal. But the right direction of education, cultural awareness of people in government and parliament, particularly of those who promote and do not obstruct the easy flow of books and the cumulative efforts of the dreamers, academics, publishers and book sellers can create a reading culture in the country. The electronic and cyber revolution facilitates the reading culture. However, I would see a reading culture flourishing when the readers nurture their love for books, continue to create the soft rustling sound of turning pages and value that practice. This universal practice should hold sway here.</p> Reading culture in Nepal	查看 6973	加德满都邮报	2025-08-16 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
3249988	有图 <p>After six frantic weeks of a dry monsoon, it finally rained in Tarai on August 1, offering some relief to farmers who had nearly given up hope of planting rice this year. However, the drought story isn’t new, nor is it limited to Tarai alone. What’s happening in the region is just the tip of the iceberg of what communities across the country have experienced in recent decades. </p><p>The 2022 Climate Change survey identified droughts as Nepal’s most pressing environmental challenge, with the country’s water sources dwindling in the last 25 years. Springs and rivulets are drying up in the mountains, and groundwater levels are dropping significantly in Tarai. One is compelled to confront the possibility that a large part of the country is becoming increasingly drier. If true, this trend signals that we are facing an extraordinary challenge ahead, unlike any we have faced in the past, necessitating the implementation of measures that transcend conventional water management and embrace ‘water husbandry’. It is a new way to manage depleting water resources with care, efficiency and sustainability. </p><p>Water husbandry is a way of nurturing our water resources, such as rivers, rivulets, lakes and aquifers, with the same care a farmer shows to their land or livestock to ensure sustainable water for generations. It involves minimising water waste, optimising its use, harvesting and storing rainwater or other forms of water to augment aquifers and adopting practices that reduce consumption while maximising benefits. These actions promote sustainable development and environmental protection. It also helps adapt to changing precipitation patterns, water scarcity and floods, eventually balancing human needs with ecological sustainability. </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Weighing the evidence</p><p>This year’s delayed rain revealed how serious Nepal’s water problem has become and prompted the government to declare Madhesh a drought-stricken region. The severity of the impact revived the decade-old inconclusive debate about the causes of falling groundwater levels, which is generally centred around two different perspectives. </p><p>The dominant one, shared by many, including environmentalists, is that deforestation and mining of sand and gravel in the Chure area have reduced groundwater replenishment, subsequently depleting groundwater levels. Based on this assumption, the government launched a dedicated Chure conservation programme in 2010, broadly aimed at saving Tarai Madhesh from becoming arid. Alas, after 15 years of the said conservation work in Chure, there has yet to be credible evidence of measurable improvements in groundwater levels, which are now painfully exposed by the delayed rain. </p><p>Others, however, argue that linking deforestation, excessive sand and gravel mining in Chure to depleting groundwater is simply an overexaggeration. Hydrogeological knowledge is crucial to understanding groundwater. The geological strata of Chure often dip northward due to the tectonic forces associated with the Himalayan orogeny, where the Indian plate is continually colliding with the Eurasian plate. After which most of the infiltrated rainwater flows towards the north and joins other streams that feed into major rivers. The ephemeral streams originating in Chure that flow south die with the withdrawal of the monsoon, contributing very little to groundwater replenishment. </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Barring seasonal recharge of groundwater through seepage from farms and other water bodies during the monsoon, most groundwater recharge in Tarai occurs in the Bhabar region, through which pass all major rivers in Nepal, replenishing groundwater every second. Further, a crucial aspect generally overlooked when discussing the fall of the groundwater table is the shared use of groundwater across the border, where high water demand accelerates its rapid decline. Assuming that the vast groundwater reserve of the Gangetic plain, of which Tarai is but a part, is recharged by Chure water, which exceeds reasonable hydrological limits and thus requires rigorous study to establish the facts. </p><p>Looming outsized challenges </p><p>The country’s water regime is likely to decline further due to unexpected ongoing developments. First, over recent years, the monsoon and winter rains have become increasingly concentrated in the western Himalayas. For example, extreme weather in Uttarakhand, India, doubled from 33 percent of monsoon days in 2022 to 65 percent in 2025, while Nepal experienced mixed results. We received below-average rain in 2022 and 2023 and above-average rain in 2024. Additionally, winter rain shows a further disturbing shift. Winters, responsible for bringing a fifth of the annual precipitation in the country, have been continually dry since 2022, except in far-western Nepal, whereas Uttarakhand received 60 percent more winter rain in 2022. Even in 2023 and 2024, it only saw a deficit of 60 percent and 50 percent, respectively. It may be too early to establish a trend, but it’s unlikely to be a mere pulse. </p><p>Second, the monsoon also seems to be shifting to the north, with initial studies from Pakistan indicating that it could reduce the rain in the southern plains in the years ahead. Delayed monsoon rain in Tarai could be an early sign of that northward shift. Additionally, declining winter precipitation remains a concern due to diminished snow deposits on the high mountains—a vital water source for our rivers that feed the basin’s groundwater reserve in the hot summer months. If the shifting monsoons and dry winters continue, the demand on our already-depleting groundwater will only heighten, requiring greater care for our water sources. </p><p>Third, terrestrial water, such as rivers, lakes, groundwater and soil moisture, is decreasing globally. Dry regions are expanding by more than 800,000 square kilometres a year. Freshwater availability is shrinking. Researchers fear it’s irreversible because to replenish lost surface and groundwater sources, we must get well-distributed above-average rain continually for over 10 years—an extremely unlikely scenario, given the current changes in our precipitation pattern. </p><p>Furthermore, a significant emerging change, due to decreasing aerosols and cloud cover, is the reduction in the reflection of sunlight by clouds (lower albedo). Aerosols serve as a critical component for water vapour to condense or freeze, forming cloud droplets. Decreasing aerosols result in fewer clouds with altered precipitation patterns, intensifying water stress in regions such as the Tarai and hills that are already facing water shortages. This will further deepen the urgency for embracing ‘water husbandry’.</p><p>Fighting droughts locally </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>The unforeseen developments mentioned above illustrate an accelerated shift in the fundamentals of weather patterns. The simultaneously warmer, drier and wetter conditions will continue to astonish and perplex in the coming days. Drying springs and rivulets in the hills and mountains and the falling water table in the Tarai are part of this large-scale change, signalling mounting challenges ahead. Conventional ways of addressing water shortages by opting for alternatives such as installing deep tube wells or limited projects with recharge infrastructures will be woefully insufficient because these changes are occurring quite rapidly and at scale. Now, we need a community-level movement of water husbandry to address what we have only begun to witness. As the climate crisis increasingly strains water resources, we must embrace this mindset to protect our future. </p> Fighting droughts locally	查看 8394	加德满都邮报	2025-08-17 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
3249987	有图 <p>It’s hard to argue against measures to strengthen national security and sovereignty. This is why autocrats the world over lean on such hallowed concepts to impose draconian laws. The problem is that acts that undermine national interests are often hard to pin down. In a democracy, people have freedoms of speech and privacy—something also guaranteed by the Nepali constitution. Yet in democracies around the world—from India to Turkey to the US—people’s basic rights are being undercut under the pretext of protecting national interest. The rulers in all these countries seem minded to maintain absolute control over state affairs and to stifle dissent and opposition views. We see the same trend in Nepal where, over the years, successive governments have tried to stifle free speech. One way they have tried to do so is by snooping on people’s phone and online conversations. </p><p>A new piece of legislation in the works would allow the National Investigation Department, the country’s main intelligence agency, to monitor and record phone conversations, messages and social media posts. It can do so if the investigating officer foresees a threat to national interest. Right now, in order to snoop on such conversations and messages, the law enforcement agencies must get the court’s permission. The new law will do away with this provision. The chances of such laws being abused are high, given our weak state apparatus and the nature of our person-centric politics. The wording of the new law gives way too much discretion to the investigating officer. Government representatives have put forward various rationales for such a law. For instance, they maintain that it is both impractical and dangerous for investigators to have to seek a longer legal route when there is an imminent threat against a prominent person or institution. Yet they have also failed to show specific instances when the failure to urgently tap and monitor phone calls and messages has in the past hampered a vital investigation. In fact, if there is a reasonable amount of doubt, law enforcement agencies have, somehow, managed to get the relevant data from telecom and internet service providers. The new law will lower the bar for such interventions.</p><p>Nepali politics is already a bitterly contested arena. Governments routinely come and go, based not on differing ideologies but interests of individual leaders. Corruption is high; politicians and criminals work hand in glove. In this environment, giving government agencies the discretionary powers to tap and record conversations would be dangerous, as such powers can easily be abused to spy on the government’s opponents and silence its critics. To make things worse, when people know there is such a law, they are also likely to self-censor. This in turn will harm press freedom, as the sources of accurate information start keeping mum for fear of reprisal. Even if such laws are needed, the instances of their use must be clearly spelled out. Moreover, the acts of recording and tapping conversations cannot be left at the discretion of a single person. There needs to be more open deliberations and discussions on this vital issue. It would be disastrous to rush a law of such far-reaching impact on people’s basic rights.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p> Democracy under surveillance	查看 3536	加德满都邮报	2025-08-17 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
3249986	有图 <p>In 2017, the government floated the idea of allowing the private sector to operate the Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa under a public-private partnership (PPP) model. Located in south-central Nepal, the airport is the gateway to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, an international pilgrimage site.</p><p>The process of upgrading Bhairahawa into an international airport began in 2015 and was expected to be completed by 2019.</p><p>Following the go-ahead, stakeholders—including officials from the Asian Development Bank, the project’s financier, and senior officials from the tourism and finance ministries—met at the National Planning Commission to explore involving private companies in its operation. The meeting decided to carry out a feasibility study to recommend PPP options.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>In June 2019, the Cabinet gave approval “in principle” to the tourism ministry’s proposal to appoint foreign firms to operate the airport through a government-to-government (G2G) deal.</p><p>Later that year, a six-member negotiation team was formed to engage with Germany’s Munich Airport, which had expressed interest. The ministry asked the company to submit a detailed plan outlining its operating modality, fee structure, and revenue-sharing system.</p><p>But the plan stalled. Before Munich could submit its proposal, the ministry closed the file. Four years later, in July 2020, it formally ended the process of appointing Munich Airport as operator. And, it handed over the airport to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), whose efficiency at Tribhuvan International Airport had long been questioned.</p><p>The government’s hesitation was in the context of wider controversies over G2G projects, including a proposed security printing press, procurement of machine-readable passports, the purchase of a satellite and medical equipment, and the acquisition of six Chinese-made planes for Nepal Airlines. </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Many of these projects were later scrapped.</p><p>A tourism ministry official admitted at that time, “We don’t have laws clearly defining the G2G modality. And, as we have received proposals only from Munich, we may get into trouble.” </p><p>The airport was officially inaugurated in May 2022—three years behind schedule. No private operators were invited.</p><p>In doing so, the government breached an earlier agreement with the Asian Development Bank, which had made private operation a precondition of financing.</p><p>Yet, three years after its grand opening, the airport still lacks scheduled international passenger flights. Most operations so far have been carried out under a temporary operating permit.</p><p>Now, stakeholders in Bhairahawa are demanding that the government hand the facility to private operators amid fears that the expensive infrastructure may simply fall into disuse.</p><p>At an interaction on Saturday organised by the Siddhartha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, local business leaders and officials urged Civil Aviation Minister Badri Prasad Pandey to enact legal and policy measures to bring in international operators through global tenders.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Siddharthanagar Mayor Istiyaq Ahmad Khan blamed government indifference for the airport’s stagnation. “One level of government cannot by itself make this airport work,” he said, stressing the need for coordination among local, provincial, and federal authorities. </p><p>“It feels like we have enough wealth but cannot find a way to use it,” he added. “If the government fails, private players should be entrusted. We are even ready to mortgage our land and jewellery to buy planes and operate flights.”</p><p>Rajesh Kumar Agrawal, central member of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said the prolonged uncertainty has triggered a wider crisis in Rupandehi. “Once a sleepy town, Bhairahawa had become vibrant with the promise of an international airport. People invested in land, hotels, and businesses, expecting tourists. If the government cannot run it, it must allow private operators to do so through global tenders.”</p><p>Siddhartha Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Netra Prasad Acharya was more direct: “We cannot be kept in perpetual uncertainty. If the airport cannot be run, then say so clearly.” </p><p>He criticised the government for ignoring repeated appeals from local forums and media, saying, “We have been focusing only on the airport, putting aside all other agenda, but the government is still indifferent.”</p><p>Tourism entrepreneur Bishnu Prasad Sharma pointed to the absence of even short-haul flights. “Flights to Uttar Pradesh in India alone would have been a relief,” he said.</p><p>Siddhartha Hotel Association President Chandra Prakash Shrestha argued that redirecting some Gulf-bound flights from Kathmandu could make Bhairahawa viable. </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>“The airport was built mainly to attract Buddhist pilgrims, so why are we not pursuing direct flights to Sri Lanka, Thailand, or Vietnam?” he asked, warning that local businesses were collapsing under debt. “Hotels with investments ranging from Rs40 million to Rs250 million are under auction, with eight already repossessed by banks,” he said, even warning of election boycotts if the airport remains idle.</p><p>Airport General Manager Pratap Babu Tiwari admitted the facility lacked basic support systems. </p><p>“Passengers prefer Kathmandu as services like labour offices, visa centres, and medical certification are missing here,” he said. He noted that airlines such as Kuwait’s Jazeera and Thai AirAsia had achieved load factors of 77 percent when they operated, but could not sustain regular flights without proper facilities. </p><p>“The prime minister should resolve pending issues like air routes during his [upcoming India] visit,” he added.</p><p>Tourism Minister Pandey confirmed that Nepal’s agenda for Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s India visit will include securing international flight route permits, addressing India’s reservations towards Bhairahawa and Pokhara airports, and promoting regional air connectivity.</p> Debt, despair, and uncertainty plague Bhairahawa airport	查看 7104	加德满都邮报	2025-08-18 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
3249985	有图 <p>The Public Health Office, Kathmandu, has urged the public to boil water before drinking, after tests showed the presence of hazardous microbes in samples of drinking water. </p><p>Officials say that water samples collected from Chandragiri, Nagarjun and Tokha municipalities on the fringes of Kathmandu Valley were found contaminated with faecal coliform.</p><p>“Of 45 samples of drinking water collected on a random basis, the presence of coliform were found in 12 samples,” said Saroj Roka, an official at the Public Health Office, Kathmandu. “Faecal coliform was detected in three samples in each of the three municipalities.”</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Faecal coliforms are microscopic organisms that live in the intestines of warm-blooded animals or their faeces and sewage water. Experts say the microbes grow at 44-45 degrees Celsius.</p><p>The presence of faecal coliform means the water used by the municipalities’ residents is contaminated with human excrement or sewage, doctors say. </p><p>The National Public Health Laboratory, which regularly tests drinking water quality, also said that the presence of hazardous microbes, which are generally found in sewage or faeces, was detected in almost 50 percent of water samples tested. This means that around 50 percent of the drinking water used in the Valley is unfit for drinking without purification.</p><p>“We tested 37 water samples in the last four months,” said Sreska Shrestha, chief of the microbiology department of the laboratory. “Of them, 14 were collected from households, and faecal coliform were detected in all of them. Microbes were detected in some other samples brought for testing by hospitals, municipalities and offices.”</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>A test of drinking water at the central laboratory costs Rs300. Detection of faecal coliform and other microbes is not new during the monsoon season, as most of the drinking water sources get contaminated with floodwaters.</p><p>Testing carried out in water samples collected from various locations in Lalitpur a few days ago also showed presence of faecal coliform.</p><p>All water samples collected from household taps in ward 3 of Mahankal Rural Municipality in Lalitpur district were found contaminated with faecal coliform.</p><p>Doctors say faecal coliform in tap water suggests increasing health risk. Similarly, even bottled jar water, which is generally considered safer, has also been found problematic. According to a testing carried out by the Public Health Office Lalitpur a few weeks ago on jar water samples collected from various locations in Godavari Municipality, faecal coliform was found in 60 percent samples.</p><p>Authorities in the municipality had sealed several factories that supplied the contaminated water.</p><p>Every year, thousands of people get infected with water-borne diseases—dysentery, typhoid, hepatitis A and E, and cholera.</p><p>Health authorities at the district and local levels are expected to regularly test drinking water samples and take appropriate measures to ensure public safety.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Last year, scores of people from several districts, including Kathmandu and Lalitpur, were infected with cholera. Vibrio cholera 01 Ogawa serotype had been confirmed in the stool sample of an infected patient at the time.</p><p>Cholera is a highly infectious disease that causes severe diarrhoea and vomiting, which in turn results in dehydration and can lead to death within a few hours if left untreated. The World Health Organisation says cholera is a global threat to public health and an indicator of inequality and a lack of social development.</p><p>The monsoon is an epidemic season in Nepal, during which most sources of drinking water are contaminated with dangerous microbes—E coli and faecal coliform—and thousands of people from across the country become infected with water-borne and vector-borne diseases.</p><p>Public health experts have urged authorities to launch an awareness drive about the risks and take measures to ensure the supply of safe drinking water to households.</p> Dangerous microbes found in tap water in Kathmandu	查看 4798	加德满都邮报	2025-08-18 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
3249984	有图 <p>Namaste Shrestha worked as a teacher for five years, giving math and science lessons in private schools for grades three through eight. But as a gay man who exhibited some feminine traits with gestures and enunciation, Shrestha, who now identifies as non-binary and uses she/her pronouns, felt alienated in her work environment.</p><p>“The teachers and principal in every school were my enemies,” she said. “I was tired of teaching because of that bullying.”</p><p>Without other job options, Shrestha turned to sex work. For the past two years, she has worked most nights in Koteshwar, standing on the side of the road in women’s clothing and makeup, along with a few friends who also do sex work. On a good night, Shrestha can make more than Rs2,000, but she often goes home with nothing. Though her dream is to work in a school where LGBTQ youth are welcome, Shrestha, along with other transgender women who do sex work, feels trapped.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Shrestha is one of many transgender women who, without other work opportunities, has turned to sex work. Alienated from society, Shrestha and other transgender sex workers find themselves stuck in a lawless world filled with conflict, exploitation, and violence—from police officers, clients, and fellow sex workers.</p><p>“It’s a very complex scene of trans sex work here,” said Sunil Babu Pant, a LGBTQ rights leader and executive director of Mayako Pahichan Nepal.</p><p>Nepali law doesn’t officially recognise sex work. The most recent regulation doesn’t criminalise being a sex worker itself, but it does criminalise soliciting sex work and paying for sex. Although existing as a sex worker is technically not illegal, in practice, sex workers face strict surveillance from police, according to Pant. </p><p>Most often, instead of targeting the clients for paying for sex, police target sex workers. “It’s never the clients that get arrested, only the sex workers,” Pant said. Transgender sex workers face the most harassment, compared to cis-gender sex workers, because they stand out, Pant said. </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Gyanu Lama, who identifies as ‘third gender’, has been making a living through sex work for 23 years, and she’s endured multiple beatings from police. In 2003, she was arrested near Ratna Park. Police threw her and her friend in a van, told them to blindfold themselves with their shawls, and beat them until they were unconscious. The police presumed Lama and her friend were dead, and threw the bodies on the side of the road, Lama told the Post. </p><p>Today, when in public, Lama and other third gender or transgender women frequently face harassment from strangers and police. When Shrestha is standing in public with her friends, they fear running into police. “When police see us, they beat us with sticks,” Shrestha said. </p><p>Recently, police arrested Shrestha while she was standing on a public road, and detained her for four hours, she said. While she was in custody, police officers insulted Shrestha’s facial hair and asked for the phone numbers of her friends who were also sex workers so they could later request sexual favours from them, she added. The police eventually let Shrestha go, without providing a reason for her arrest.</p><p>Instead of arresting sex workers, sometimes police officers act as clients. When a police officer recently caught Shrestha with a client in a public park at night, instead of arresting Shrestha or the client, the police officer asked Shrestha for sex. Shrestha escaped by lying to the officer; she ran away saying that she needed to get a condom from her friend.</p><p>Even transgender people who don’t do sex work are targeted when they’re in public. “Police can use public offence law against anybody, but more frequently they use it against transgender people,” Pant said.</p><p>Mouni Maharjan, who ran a campaign to become chairperson of ward 4 of Kirtipur Municipality last December as one of the two first-ever transgender women to run for local public office, often faces harassment and molestation from strangers who wrongfully assume Maharjan is sex worker.</p><p>The violence that transgender people face is often fatal. Honey Maharjan—who ran a campaign alongside Mouni in an attempt to become Kirtipur’s mayor—is now 42 years old and has been a lifelong LGBTQI activist. She’s currently working with Kirtipur-based advocacy organisation Samarpan Savya Samaj Nepal, or Dedication Civilised Society Nepal. Throughout her life, she’s seen her friends get injured and killed as a result of violence from police and clients. </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Fifteen years ago, one of Honey’s friends, Sanjila, who the Post is identifying with a pseudonym, was arrested while walking home at night. The five police officers violently raped her in a public park. The next day, Honey took her friend to the hospital. “After the check up, the doctor was also crying because he saw what happened,” Honey said, referring to the wounds on her pelvic region. Her friend survived the rape and received Rs150,000 as compensation from police, but died from HIV roughly six years ago, Honey said.</p> Nepal’s transgender sex workers face violence and exploitation in legal vacuum	查看 5853	加德满都邮报	2025-08-18 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
3249983	有图 <p>The Nepal Electricity Authority, one of the country’s most profitable public entities of late, has been mired in a serious internal conflict arising from the vested interests of the top officials responsible.</p><p>An NEA insider said the public utility has been unable to pass its budget because of the interference from Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Dipak Khadka.</p><p>This has halted the procurement process and disrupted staff transfers. Disputes have also intensified over power purchase agreements (PPAs) and employee reshuffles.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>The conflict between Minister Khadka and then-executive director Kulman Ghising escalated after Khadka assumed office, peaking between July and March. The row eventually led to Ghising’s removal, and Hitendra Dev Shakya was appointed the new executive director on March 24.</p><p>Since Shakya’s appointment, Minister Khadka has curtailed the executive director’s authority and exerted pressure on him to carry out staff transfers according to his wishes. When Shakya refused, tensions escalated, insiders say.</p><p>“The unwanted pressure from the minister had halted many functions of the NEA along with the passing of the budget,” the NEA officer said, wanting not to be named.</p><p>Multiple efforts of the Post to contact Minister Khadka for his comments were unsuccessful. </p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>However, NEA spokesperson Rajan Dhakal denied the reports. Dhakal said that the board of directors decides most of the NEA’s procedural issues, which are not necessarily known to other staff members. </p><p>“If there is a tussle between Minister Khadka and NEA chief Shakya, it is not to my knowledge,” Dhakal said.</p><p>As a result, NEA’s annual budget has been held up. Without approval from the operating committee, procurement has nearly reached a standstill, affecting the purchase of essential items such as transformers, insulators and wires required for maintenance and new connections.</p><p>Minister of State for Energy Kham Bahadur Garbuja said that the NEA budget for this year has yet to be passed, but he did not blame the tussle between Minister Khadka and NEA chief Shakya for that. </p><p>The budget derailment is not due to a problem between Khadka and Shakya, Garbuja said, without elaborating.</p><p>A month of the fiscal year 2025-26 has already passed. The new fiscal year starts in mid-July. </p><p>According to NEA sources, the minister’s interests and pressure have hampered key issues, including the budget, staff transfers and PPAs. They warn that the ministers’ and senior officials’ vested interests could jeopardise the NEA’s overall performance, financial health and future.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>Amid the NEA’s 40th anniversary celebration on Sunday, NEA chief Shakya reported a sharp decline in profits in comparison to the previous fiscal. The utility’s profits fell by 9.67 billion rupees in the fiscal year 2024-25. </p><p>According to Shakya, this is 37.32 percent less than the profit in 2023-24. In the financial year 2023-24, the authority’s profit before tax was 13.3 billion rupees. </p><p>However, Independent Power Producers’ Association Nepal (IPPAN) spokesperson Amar Baduwal said it is not a tussle with Minister Khadka but with utility chief Shakya. NEA is the sole buyer of hydroelectricity.</p><p>“The PPAs, even for 10 megawatts of electricity, have been halted despite the government relinquishing the ‘Take and Pay’ modality. In practice, it has not been scrapped,” Baduwal said.</p><p>In its annual budget announced on May 29, the government introduced the condition that electricity generators can carry out a PPA with the NEA only on a take-and-pay basis. The condition requires that the NEA purchase electricity generated by private producers only when there is demand. </p><p>After the government’s decision, IPPAN was ready for a protest, saying that with the take-and-pay policy, NEA will not be obligated to purchase or pay for electricity when it does not need it. If NEA does not purchase electricity, all the power produced will be wasted, as producers have no alternative buyers.</p><p>Dhakal, the NEA spokesman, said though the government decided to scrap the take-and-pay decision, the old policy remains unchanged in the written form.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p> Tussle brewing between Energy Minister Khadka and NEA chief Shakya	查看 5272	加德满都邮报	2025-08-18 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
3249982	有图 <p>Every monsoon, hundreds of people from Karnali, Nepal’s largest and remotest province, risk their lives in India’s flood- and landslide-prone areas for seasonal work. Many never return.</p><p>On August 5, a cloudburst in Dharali, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, triggered flash floods in the Khirganga river, sweeping away at least 21 Nepalis, according to the Nepali Embassy in New Delhi. Thirteen of them are believed to be from Kushe Rural Municipality in Jajarkot, a hill district in Karnali. Their families, who rushed to the disaster site, have started returning home in despair as search efforts yielded no results.</p><p>“We suspect they were buried in the landslide,” said Bhadra Bahadur Singh of Talegaon. His relatives Karna Bahadur, Ram Bahadur, Man Bahadur, Nim Singh, and Rabin Singh went missing. “We can’t even perform their last rites as there’s no certainty [of their death].”</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>In July last year, a landslide in Kyara of Shimla, in Himachal Pradesh, had killed three members of a single family from ward 9 of Tribeni Rural Municipality in Rukum West. Dev Bahadur Oli, his wife Bhima, and their teenage son Mohan, who had gone for seasonal labour, perished in the landslide. Their family has yet to get any compensation.</p><p>“There’s no relief unless you fight a court case,” said Hari Bahadur Khadka, chairman of ward 9 of Tribeni Rural Municipality. “The case has yet to be finalised. The family is struggling to survive after losing three members in the landslide, and they still rely on India for work as their own harvest doesn’t last three months,” Khadka explained their situation.</p><p>Before that, in August 2023, three young men from Kalikot—Prakash Tamata, Tek Bishwakarma and Devi Bishwakarma—died in a landslide at Gaurikund in Rudraprayag (in Uttarakhand state), while carrying loads for Hindu pilgrims visiting the Kedarnath Temple.</p><p>Data from the Karnali Province Police Office shows that in the past five years, 39 Karnali residents have died in India due to floods, landslides, and other accidents, with five still missing. In fiscal year 2023-24 alone, 13 people died, and nine more died in the last fiscal year of 2024-25. Police say these figures are likely underreported, as many incidents are never recorded.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>“Thousands go to India for work, often to risky areas,” said Deputy Inspector General of Police Madhav Shrestha, Karnali’s police chief. “Season after season, they die in disasters, but many cases never reach our office.”</p><p>Migrant advocacy groups say those affected rarely get adequate relief. “Unless the Nepal government makes diplomatic efforts or victims work for formal institutions with accident coverage, families get nothing,” said Tek Bahadur Khatri, president of the Karnali Ekata Club in New Delhi. “Most are paid only basic funeral expenses by local contractors.”</p><p>Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh draw thousands of Karnali’s poorest each year to work as farm hands, construction labourers, porters, and carriers for pilgrims and tourists. Many leave after planting rice in June and return for Dashain, heading back again in October after the harvest.</p><p>“There’s neither enough grain at home nor enough income from India to secure a decent life. But with little education, locals from here can’t get jobs in big cities, so they opt for seasonal work despite the dangers,” said Hari Chandra Basnet, chairman of Kushe Rural Municipality in Jajarkot. He estimates that about 7,000 locals go to India each year from Kushe alone.</p><p>Poverty has deepened after the Jajarkot earthquake in 2023, forcing many people to India for work. “Families leave children behind in makeshift shelters to earn enough for food and clothing. There is no alternative as their harvest lasts hardly three months,” said Tanka Bahadur KC, a local teacher from ward 4 of Kushe Rural Municipality.</p><p>Local working conditions are precarious—no insurance, no standard wages, no benefits. “If someone dies, it’s settled with a small funeral payment,” KC added.</p><p>The 2021 census puts Karnali’s population at about 1.69 million, with nearly 46 percent unemployed. Around 514,818 people are in foreign employment, of whom 442,743—about 86 percent—work in India, according to the Karnali Province Planning Commission.</p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannerdesk-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p><img src="https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/ads/bydbannermob-1753675032.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></p><p>While some work in factories, hotels, and other businesses in Indian cities like Delhi and Mumbai, those in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh mostly take up daily-wage labour in hazardous environments. “Low pay, no contracts, and high disaster risk—that’s their reality,” said Kushe vice-chair Devika Kumari Singh.</p><p>Experts say there is no one to look after the safety and welfare of Nepalis working in India. “In 2013, after the massive flooding and landslides in Kedarnath that killed around 6,000 people, media reports said nearly 300 Nepalis were missing, but neither Nepal nor India conducted a thorough investigation,” said Kamal Lamsal, associate professor at Mid-Western University. </p><p>Civil society leaders argue that entrenched local inequalities push people to migrate. “Development projects and employment programmes are dominated by the well-connected. With high taxes, rising living costs, and construction jobs replaced by bulldozers, the poor are left with no choice but to cross the border in search of jobs,” said Durga Prasad Sapkota, a civil society leader.</p> Floods and landslides in India claim Karnali’s poor every year	查看 6160	加德满都邮报	2025-08-17 00:00:00 2025-08-18 08:52:49	word
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