Shock treatment

Nightmarish laws and an insensitive government keeps thousands in the dark

Global grid

Whether it is Asia or Europe, countries find a new mantra: decentralise and electrify

Nepal dithers over closing road through forest in Pashupatinath temple area

In spite of UNESCO warning that temple would be delisted from world heritage sites list, nation's archaeology department says road is lifeline …

Double whammy

Increasing pollution, depleting water table make groundwater in Kathmandu unfit for drinking

Micropowerful

A microhydel project a day. Communities snatch the initiative from the government to electrify rural Nepal

Power the people

For the country where only 15 per cent of its population have access to electricity, Nepal has come a long way. It took 84 years to achieve power …

In Short

A requiem for the Bagmati

Himalaya's human face

HIMALAYA LIFE ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD·David Zurick and P P Karan·John Hopkins University Press Baltimore and London·1999&…

A fine balance

The business of ecotourism is set to boom worldwide. Who will gain and who will lose?

Rudderless

Ecotourism is the new buzzword in the Indian government

The enterprise

Keeping both the environment and economy afloat

December In Copenhagen

Big engagement with small power

Generating electricity to raise economic profile

Review finds ADB's policy doesn't hold water

Since 1998, adb has invested us $960 million in urban projects in India.

Slum settlers along Bagmati face eviction, uncertain future

They demand alternate accommodation

News 360-Brief

Ecotourism: Scrambling for paradise

Does tourism always have to be a threat to the environment? Not anymore, claim the promoters of the globally emerging industry of ecotourism. …

On wrong wavelength

Twenty years after the Supreme Court asserted that people have a right over radio waves, community radio continues to struggle. Instead of …

South Asia

Nepal: dams, ill-planned development have made Sun koshi valley vulnerable

Five hydropower projects and large human settlement along Araniko highway should not have been there in the first place, says expert

Dream stuck in pipeline

The Melamchi project promised to end Kathmandu’s acute water shortage. But 15 years later, it is nowhere near completion

Voices from Making Water Everybody's Business Talking about water

Water is bound to dominate the agenda of the country's politicians and planners in the future Though ignored for years by the political …

Darkling waters

The Bagmati loses its way in Kathmandu amid political vacuum and urban chaos

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