50 villages flooded in Muzaffarpur

MUZAFFARPUR: Tirhut divisional commissioner Narmadeshwar Lal on Sunday asked officials concerned to keep a close watch on embankments in the region amid rise in water level in several rivers. The Bagmati has virtually created havoc in Aurai, Katra and Gaighat blocks of Muzaffarpur district, posting flood threat to 150 villages. …

50 villages flooded in Muzaffarpur

MUZAFFARPUR: Tirhut divisional commissioner Narmadeshwar Lal on Sunday asked officials concerned to keep a close watch on embankments in the region amid rise in water level in several rivers. The Bagmati has virtually created havoc in Aurai, Katra and Gaighat blocks of Muzaffarpur district, posting flood threat to 150 villages. …

Human chain marks 100th week of Bagmati clean-up

Over one lakh people joined hands to form a human chain on Saturday to mark the 100th week of the Bagmati Cleaning Mega Campaign. Thousands of people began trickling in early in the morning to form the chain over a 28-km-stretch from Sundarijal to Chobhar in the capital, along the …

Over 100,000 people join river clean-up drive

Over 100,000 people representing almost all walks of life participated in a campaign organised to clean the Bagmati river in the Capital on Saturday. The participants also formed a 56 kilometre human chain to mark the 100th weekly event of the Clean Bagmati Campaign on Saturday morning. The programme was …

7 more killed, flood situation in 13 districts grim

At least seven more persons were killed on Monday as flood situation remained grim affecting over 7 lakh people in 13 districts of the state. Six persons were killed in the worst hit Nalanda district and one in Sitamarhi, official sources said. Twelve persons had been killed due to flood …

31 agencies interested in Save Bagmati Campaign

The Bagmati river banks will soon witness greenery as a number of private and government entities have expressed interest to carry out plantation and maintenance work in the area. The High Power Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilisation (HPCIDBC) said it received 31 applications from firms for the …

Nepal to generate energy from its holy river, Bagmati

The Nepal government is gearing up towards generating hydropower energy from Bagmati River, one of its most reverent and religiously significant river, officials said on Sunday. The decision was made as part of the government's plan to end power crisis within three years. Nepal's Energy Ministry has already announced to …

Valley house owners asked to build septic tanks

In view of the rampant pollution in the rivers of the Kathmandu Valley caused mainly by house owners and large commercial complexes releasing the sewage directly into the Bagmati and other river systems, Kathmandu Valley Development Authority (KDVA) has directed every prospective house owners to compulsorily construct septic tanks. KVDA’s …

With local groups' help, Nepal aims to clean its riverways

Rapid urbanisation and human encroachment– especially in the Kathmandu Valley– have left Nepal's rivers highly polluted. "I remember people bathing and washing clothes in Bagmati River as late as 1985 because the river was very clean," Nuwakot district native Bishnuhari Sapkota told Khabar South Asia. "The way it was polluted …

Mass clean-up campaign for Saarc summit

In an attempt to mobilise large number of people to tidy up the capital in the run-up to the Saarc summit, Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is all set to organise a mass cleaning campaign on June 5. The metropolis said that an estimated 100,000 residents of all ages will join …

Campaigners bathe in ‘clean’ Bagmati

The Clean Bagmati Campaign is in its 48th week and during this period the Bagmati river and its surroundings have undergone a transformation that was hard to imagine for many of the Kathmandu denizens. Thanks to all those campaign participants, who volunteered to clean the Bagmati banks and dredge up …

River cleanup continues

The Bagmati River cleanup campaign completed its 42 weeks today. Like in previous Saturdays, stakeholders, including the Ministry of Urban Development, the Ministry of Federal Affairs, the Ministry of Environment, the High Level Bagmati Civilisation Protection Committee, and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City took part in the campaign today as well. …

Eighth Nepal-Indian meet on flood management

The eighth meeting of Nepal-India Joint Committee on Inundation and Flood Management (JCIFM) was held during 4th – 8th February, 2014 in Kathmandu. The Indian delegation was led by A. Paramesham, Member (Coordination), Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC), Government of India and the Nepalese delegation was led by K.P. Regmi, …

Nepal‚ India delive into flood control measures

The eighth meeting of the Nepal-India joint committee on inundation and flood management was held from February 4 to February 8 in Kathmandu. The Indian delegation was led by A Paramesham, member of Ganga Flood Control Commission, and the Nepali delegation was led by KP Regmi, director-general of the Department …

Kantipur joins Clean Bagmati Campaign

An army of people equipped with clinical gloves and masks gather on the banks of Bagmati every Saturday morning. Denying themselves the pleasure of weekend indolence, these people from different walks of life have come together to put an effort to clean the Bagmati river. They have made their routine …

Cleaner Bagmati :BG

The Bagmati River is gradually returning to its natural form, thanks to the cleaning campaign led by Chief Secretary Lila Mani Poudel. The Bagmati Cleaning Campaign, which entered its 39th week on Saturday, has changed the face of this holy river from Tilganga to the Manahara confluence at Shankhamul. Now …

Civic body cautions dyeing industry based on Bagmati banks

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City issued a warning today to the dying industry operating along the Bagmati River for polluting the river by releasing harmful chemicals, including dyeing agents. “We found the dyeing industry along the Bagmati releasing waste materials, including chemicals, directly to the river, thereby polluting the river in …

High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of the Bagmati Civilization

The main objective of this High powered Committee is to keep Bagmati River and its tributaries clean by preventing the direct discharge of solid and liquid wastes to the river and to conserve the river system within the Kathmandu.

Geomorphological manifestations of the flood hazard: A remote sensing based approach

Flood hazard is one of the most severe problems in the Himalayan river basins. Although floods are essentially hydrological phenomenon, the uneven distribution of floods in the river basin highlights the control of geomorphological and geological factors. A proper understanding of these factors is critical for a successful flood management …

India provides aid for river project

Ambassador of India to Nepal, Ranjit Rae, today handed over a cheque bearing Rs 374.68 million to Umakant Jha, Minister for Energy and Irrigation, at the latter’s office in Kathmandu. In a statement, the Embassy of India said the assistance is part of India’s contributions towards construction of embankments along …

Bagmati cleanup drive marks 30 successful weeks

Until a few months ago, Kathmandu Valley denizens would walk past the Bagmati River covering their noses. These days, the river has undergone a makeover of sorts and the credit goes to the ‘Bagmati Cleaning Campaign’, which completed its 30 weeks today. Fighting all odds, the campaign that began on …

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