Haphazard urbanisation, a continually growing population and long delays in the finalisation of the Melamchi Project have resulted in an increasing water scarcity in Kathmandu Valley. But these are ...

Then and Now: The Corona surveillance satellite image taken on 5 February 1967 shows the broad floodplains of the rivers flowing through Valley floor, Rana palaces, and the inner city of Patan and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. KATHMANDU — A recent Supreme Court verdict extending no-construction zones along the banks of major rivers in the Kathmandu Valley has triggered ...

A disaster that wiped out a decades-long project to bring pipe-borne water to Nepal’s capital shows the mismatch between slow-moving donor-financed efforts and rapid global warming. By Emily Schmall ...