Deprived
of timely care, Karnali mothers die untimely deaths :
Seventeen pregnant women, mostly between the ages of
15-25 years, lost their lives in the last fiscal year,
by Krishna Prasad Gautam and Tripti Shahi (kp 04/05/2023)
People
Still Losing Lives To Tuins, by Ballav Dahal
(rn 24/04/2023)
Musahar
children in Saptari village are still deprived of
education : Lack of government identity cards and
deprivation are forcing Musahar parents to keep their
children away from schools, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp
02/03/2023)
Displaced
families of October floods and landslides in Mugu
languish in flimsy tents : Resettlement is not in sight
while survivors face a shortage of food at their
makeshift homes, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp
01/03/2023) [Nepal's politicians
have no time to worry about such unimportant things!]
Bajhang
flood victims struggling for justice for over two
decades : Around 165 families were relocated to Kailali
but 20 years later, they are still landless, by DR
Pant (kp 22/02/2023) [One of
many cases of denial of assistance by government and
administration!]
Eternal
wait : The Nirmala Kurmi case is yet another instance of
the state’s indifference to the plight of its citizens
(kp 27/01/2023)
Victims
of last November’s Doti earthquake spend cold winter
months under flimsy tarp : Thirty-four people from eight
families have been living under one tarpaulin tent in
Uparkada, by Mohan Shahi (kp 26/01/2023)
Gupsipakha
residents move out due to water shortage : Water supply
at the integrated settlement built for earthquake
survivors has been disrupted since mid-December due to
extreme cold weather conditions, by Hariram Upreti
(kp 23/01/2023)
The
agony of a stateless citizen : Being without a
citizenship at 21 has cost me my ambitions that I had
dreamed of since I was 16, by Vivek Baranwal (kp
21/01/2023)
tudents
of Hulakdanda see no recourse but to quit studies after
Grade 8 : The closest secondary school from Manthali
Municipality Ward 6 is at least three hours walk and
daily commute is impossible, students say, by Tika
Prasad Bhatta (kp 21/01/2023)
Boy
goes missing after falling off tuin in Mahakali river
(kh 08/01/2023) [In the past,
Nepal's various governments have repeatedly declared
their intention to replace the tuins with bridges. Where
is the action?], Boy
goes missing in Mahakali river after falling off a tuin
: Police say they are yet to receive details about the
incident given the remoteness of the accident site,
by Manoj Badu (kp 08/01/2023)
Chopper
permit hassles costing lives in Gorkha : Many people,
pregnant women in particular, are dying due to the red
tape in flying out from restricted areas, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 30/12/2022) [Irresponsible
administration!]
Surkhet
children displaced by floods are dropping out of schools
: In August 2014, floods hit several villages in Surkhet
and displaced around 970 families. Several children
living in the camp are deprived of formal education for
financial difficulties, by Tripti Shahi (kp
26/12/2022)
Locals’
demand to build suspension bridge in Jajarkot village
goes unheard for the past 15 years (rep 03/12/2022)
Mugu
landslide victims exposed to worse suffering in cold
(kh 03/12/2022)
Doti
earthquake victims languish in tents : Six people died,
seven injured and hundreds were displaced in the
November 8 quake, by Mohan Shahi (kp 30/11/2022)
Solve
Problem Of Landless Squatters, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
29/11/2022)
Government
inaction makes life miserable in two flood-prone
Banke villages : Residents of Chaupheri and
Ramnagar of Duduwa Rural Municipality face
inundation and floods every monsoon, by J
Pandey (kp 25/11/2022)
Earthquake
victims in Far West languish in temporary shelters :
Hundreds in Doti and Bajhang have been awaiting
resettlement to safer places, by Basanta Pratap
Singh and Mohan Shahi (kp 20/11/2022) [Assistance
denied by government and administration!]
Silichong
residents cut off from district headquarters : For lack
of concrete bridges across Arun and Sankhuwa rivers,
residents of Silichong Rural Municipality have to walk
25 kilometres to district headquarters, by Dipendra
Shakya (kp 18/11/2022)
Earthquake
victims of Doti waiting for relief, by Dil Bahadur
Singh (rn 13/11/2022)
HPCIDBC
warns of demolishing riverside slums if they do not
leave within 10 days (rep 12/11/2022) [Without
alternative accommodation? The poorest of the poor live
here out of necessity. Now you want to destroy the last
things they own?]
Victims
of Madhesh movement left to fend for themselves : Seven
years after their revolt, many survivors struggle to
meet basic needs, by Nishan Khatiwada, Bhusan Yadav
and Umesh Chauhan (kp 11/11/2022)
Victims
of last month’s Pyuthan landslides languish in school
buildings : Authorities concerned have offered
assurances but haven’t done anything to resettle the
displaced victims yet, they say, by Shamsher Bikram
GC (kp 03/11/2022)
Conflict
victims worried as fate of transitional justice
commissions hangs in the balance : Terms of Truth and
Reconciliation and Enforced Disappeared Persons
commissions expire on October 17, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 08/10/2022)
Salt
provided under grant reaches Humla after a year (rn
30/09/2022) [???]
Displaced
flood victims still living under open sky (kh
23/09/2022)
Karnali
residents have no grains ahead of festivals : Rice
shortage is a perennial problem in the far-flung
districts and government help is too little too late,
by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 17/09/2022)
Shortage
of textbooks affects studies in Far-west hill districts
: Students, teachers left in the lurch while authorities
concerned appear indifferent, by Menuka Dhungana and
Tripti Shahi (kp 30/08/2022)
Sankhuwasabha
landslide victims being relocated after two years of
displacement : Some respite for survivors as 52 families
receive land plots for relocation while the process to
move 37 families is underway, by Dipendra Shakya (kp
29/08/2022)
Lack
of textbooks affects studies in Parbat : Three months
into the academic session, authorities’ failure to
provide books leaves students, teachers in the lurch,
by Agandhar Tiwari (kp 22/08/2022)
16
Nepalis stranded in Saudi Arabia starving on the streets
(kh 15/08/2022)
Police
detain single mother Niharika Rajput who attempted
self-immolation at the President’s Office (rep
12/08/2022) [This raped woman
needs justice and medical help, not arrest! What kind of
policy is that?], Should
a mother be ready to self-immolate for a DNA test of her
child? This is just too much: KMC Mayor Shah (rep
13/08/2022)
Poor
and damned : State must act to extricate the poor from
the teeth of loan sharks (kp 10/08/2022)
Resettle
All Freed Kamaiyas, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
02/08/2022)
Freed
Kamalaris staying at Dang hostel seek help for
sustenance : For a lack of sufficient funds, the living
conditions for 37 students in the hostel have worsened,
by Durgalal KC (kp 01/08/2022)
Two
years after disasters, displaced families are still
living in makeshift settlements : In 2020, a provincial
ministry paid 26 times more in helicopter fares than
what it spent on relief for Sindhupalchok flood and
landslide victims, by Arjun Poudel (kp 18/07/2022)
Dhangadhi
has been facing inundation for 39 years, by
Pushparaj Joshi (rep 13/07/2022)
Melamchi
folks waiting for rehabilitation after a year of massive
flooding (kh 12/07/2022)
Villagers
suffer in the absence of suspension bridge in Thalara :
The people of five local units in Bajhang, Doti and
Baitadi districts have been hit hard after floods in
October last year destroyed the bridge linking Deura
Bazaar and Thalara, by Basanta Pratap Singh(kp
08/07/2022)
No
lesson learned from the last year’s monsoon devastations
: Displaced people are at risk of many communicable and
vector borne diseases in the monsoon season, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 02/06/2022)
Beni
at high risk as embankment yet to be rebuilt : The
flooded Kaligandaki river damaged around 50 metres of
the embankment during last year’s monsoon, by
Ghanshyam Khadka (kp 26/05/2022)
Kin
of Dalit youths killed in Rukum (West) two years ago
demonstrate at Maitighar demanding justice : Nabaraj BK,
along with five of his friends, was killed on May 23,
2020, for allegedly trying to elope with a girl from the
so-called ‘upper caste’ (kp 24/05/2022)
People
displaced by the earthquake in Rasuwa are still awaiting
resettlement : As many as 174 quake-displaced families
are staying in temporary shelters at Khalte, by
Balaram Ghimire (kp 13/05/2022) [They
urgently need the right to vote "None of them"!]
Nowhere
safe to go, people in disaster-hit areas live in terror
as monsoon nears : Hundreds of people still living in
places identified as unfit to reside seven years ago,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 05/05/2022)
Nowhere
safe to go, people in disaster-hit areas live in terror
as monsoon nears : Hundreds of people still living in
places identified as unfit to reside seven years ago,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 05/05/2022)
Deprivation,
hunger and infant deaths in a remote Bajura village :
Mothers in Muktikot suffer from lactation insufficiency
for lack of nutritious food and lose their babies either
in the womb, at birth or at neonatal and postneonatal
stages, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 27/03/2022), 84
kids in Muktikot suffering from malnutrition (ht
27/03/2022)
Landslide-displaced
families await relocation : More than a hundred families
from two villages in Sankhuwasabha were displaced by a
landslide two monsoons ago. The displaced are still
living in temporary shelters, by Dipendra Shakya (kp
14/03/2022)
Flood
victims in Bajhang decry government apathy : Floods
victims in the district have been seeking rehabilitation
in safe locations for the past two decades but no help
has been forthcoming, locals say, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 26/02/2022)
Victims
of negligence : Most of the relief work usually falls on
the shoulders of ordinary citizens rather than the state
(kp 21/01/2022)
Gamgadhi
fire victims shiver under flimsy tents in winter chill :
A massive fire on November 15 last year had destroyed 21
houses in the Mugu district headquarters, by Raj
bahadur Shahi (kp 14/01/2022) [Failure
of the Deuba government to provide assistance! The party
convents were probably more important!]
Poor
families yet to get one-time grant of Rs10,000 : Those
receiving the government incentive must be willing to
work voluntarily in the future under the Prime Minister
Self Employment Programme, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 13/01/2022)
He
was murdered for his fight to save environment. Justice
eludes his family two years on : Justice has not been
served in Omprakash (Dilip) Mahato’s murder. Instead,
the victim’s family faces false allegations, by
Tufan Neupane (kp 10/01/2022)
Koshi
victims seek PM's initiative for long overdue
compensation (ht 07/01/2022)
128
Landslide Survivors In Nawalparasi Continue To Spend
Night In Open (rn 05/01/2022)
Sudurpaschim
flood victims yet to receive relief materials (ht
03/01/2022)
Anti-Chhaupadi
campaign in Achham losing steam : Neither the police
administration nor the local units and local people are
showing interest in effectively implementing the
campaign, women say, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
29/12/2021)
Poverty
keeps children in Mugu out of school : Around 60 percent
of children in Sayakhola, Kotilla and Mundu of
Chhayanathrara Municipality are out of the school system,
by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 27/12/2021)
Humla
People Cross Karnali Risking Life (rn 24/12/2021)
Sindhuli
Quake Victims Not Getting Govt Grant, by Baburam
Devkota (rn 18/12/2021)
Last
year’s flood victims from Dhorpatan still await relief :
Several government officials had reached the flood- and
landslide-hit areas and announced relief packages but
none of the promised funds has come through, by
Prakash Baral (kp 10/12/2021)
Farmers
yet to receive relief for destroyed paddy (ht
09/12/2021), Compensate
on time : The farmers should be compensated quickly so
that they have some money for the next plantation season
(ht 09/12/2021)
Chepang
Children In Dhanding In Need Of Warm Clothes (rn
01/12/2021)
Shuklaphanta
National Park Displaced Ones Await For Justice For
Nearly Two Decades, by Sher Bahadur Singh (rn
01/12/2021), 2,473
displaced families waiting for relocation for decades
(ht 02/12/2021)
Locals
in Rudhi village facing acute food crisis for eight
years (ht 30/11/2021)
First
duty of the state : The government must ensure judicious
use of resources to maximise its social welfare output
(kp 24/11/2021)
Malnutrition
a cause for concern in Province 2 : Malnutrition is a
serious health challenge in the province mainly due to a
lack of awareness among guardians regarding nourishing
food for children, by Shankar Acharya (kp
21/11/2021)
October
disaster victims in Bajhang deprived of relief : People
complain of discrepancies in beneficiary list prepared
by District Administration Office as fake victims lay
claim to government grants, by Basanta Pratap Singh
(kp 20/11/2021)
Dispute
among people’s representatives deprives students of
textbooks : Chhinnamasta Rural Municipality in Saptari
has not yet released the budget for the education sector,
by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 16/11/2021) [Such
irresponsible politicians should not be called
"representatives of the people"!]
Delay
in compensation makes farmers worry (kh 13/11/2021)
October
floods and landslides disrupt water supply in Bajhang :
Around 20,000 families are left without safe drinking
water, which could lead to outbreak of diseases, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 12/11/2021)
Landslide-hit
Miklajung village faces food shortage : Despite promises
from the federal and the provincial governments, no help
has reached the disaster-hit areas in the last three
weeks, by Laxmi Gautam (kp 11/11/2021)
Panchthar
residents affected without repair of facilities damaged
in landslides, flooding (kh 07/11/2021)
Authorities
indifferent to poor state of Karnali road : 136 people
have been killed and 300 others maimed, injured in
several accidents since the highway came into operation
in 2007, by Krishna Prtasad Gautam (kp 31/10/2021)
Grant
contract signed for reconstruction of houses after one
year (kh 25/10/2021)
Until
something happens : No matter how effective it is,
disaster response and rehabilitation is just not enough
(kp 21/10/2021)
A
long and arduous walk for justice : The 20-day journey
by 14 people, including 11 women, to Kathmandu from
Nepalgunj on foot reflects the labyrinthine red tape
inhibiting the Nepali justice system and exposes how the
state is failing its citizens, by Anup Ojha (kp
08/10/2021)
Almost
two dozen landslide-displaced families living in forest,
by Arjun Shah (kp 08/10/2021)
Landslide-displaced
families in Dolakha village await reliefBagmati
provincial government had assured relief amount and
relocation three months ago but the displaced families
are yet to get the promised help, by Kedar Shiwakoti
(kp 03/10/2021)
Darchula
school running its classes from tents after last year’s
floods and landslides : Around 124 students of Samaiji
Basic School have been affected as they do not have
proper classrooms, by Manoj Badu (kp 17/09/2021)
lood
Victims Of Banke Living In Forests For 30 Years, by
Siraj Khan (rn 11/09/2021), Flood
victims staying on encroached forest land for years
(ht 13/09/2021)
Rs
750 million allocated for free repatriation of stranded
migrant workers, only Rs 13.5 million used, by Rudra
Khadka (rep 13/09/2021)
26
families of freed haliyas receive houses, lands (kh
07/09/2021) [After so many
years, this is a drop in the ocean!]
Sindhupalchok
flood victims migrate out of the district to seek
livelihood : Around 700 flood-displaced families of
Helambu and Melamchi have moved to other cities since
the disaster, by Anish Tiwari (kp 03/09/2021)
Melamchi’s
misfortune is far from over : Two months ago,
unprecedented floods brought about much destruction to
Melamchi but residents have largely been left to fend
for themselves, by Marissa Taylor (rec 30/08/2021)
Saptari
flood victims crying for relief (kh 23/08/2021)
Disaster
victims still awaiting grant to build houses in Dhankuta
(ht 18/08/2021)
18
years on, justice still a far cry for people killed by
Nepali Army in Doramba (ht 18/08/2021)
Seven
Years On, Jure Landslide Victims Awaiting Relief Amount,
by Bidur Acharya (rn 08/08/2021)
15-year-old
Bajura child struggling for life (ht 15/07/2021)
‘No
govt relief so far for disaster-hit Manang’ (rep
13/07/2021)
Five
years on, Phopli landslide victims yet to receive any
help : The landslide of July 25, 2016 killed 27
individuals and displaced around 200 families, by
Shamsher Bikram GC (kp 11/07/2021)
PM
Oli visits Helambu, almost a month after flood and
landslide (rep 10/07/2021) [This
long hesitation is an indication of Oli's lack of
interest in the real concerns and needs of Nepalis!],
What
made you wait for a month, Mr Prime Minister?, by
Kunga Hyolmo (rep 11/07/2021)
Landslide-displaced
families left in the lurch (ht 08/07/2021)
Eight
years on, Mahakali flood victims still to be compensated
: People from all over the country had raised money for
the flood-victims in 2013. But with no proper audit,
there has been no accounting of around Rs 400 million
raised for the victims, by Shivraj Bhatta and Sundar
Singh Dhami (ae 24/06/2021)
Relief
assistance to Musahar people affected by COVID-19 crisis
(kh 23/06/2021)
Flood
survivors in Kanchanpur face hand-to-mouth problem
(rep 21/06/2021)
Lockdown
drags on but no relief package for the urban poor,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/06/2021)
Crime
against Humanity : Instead of making genuine efforts
toward vaccine procurement, the PM urged the public to
gargle with guava leaves and drink turmeric-infused
water to prevent COVID, saying even the vaccine does not
guarantee total immunity. This was the time when cases
had started increasing by 100%, by Sambridh Ghimire
(rep 19/06/2021)
Valley
hospitals face shortage of oxygen, many have stopped
admitting patients : Oxygen manufacturers say demand has
gone up four times their production capacity. China has
given 3,500 cylinders as a grant but they will take
three weeks to arrive, by Arjun Poudel (kp
09/05/2021), Oli’s
virus ‘situation under control’ remark meets with
criticism : Crisis continues to deepen with over 8,000
new cases and 53 deaths. Many from Oli’s orbit and
over two dozen lawmakers test positive ahead of May 10
House session, by Tika R Pradhan and Binod Ghimire
(kp 09/05/2021) [??? Bring Mr
Oli under control immediately!], Covid-19
hospitals in Province 1 overwhelmed with patients : BP
Koirala Institute of Health Sciences stops admitting new
patients citing lack of beds, by Pradeep Menyangbo
(kp 09/05/2021), Deaths
likely to soar with oxygen crunch (ht 09/05/2021)
Fire
victims in Tehrathum await rehabilitation : Thirty-five
people have been staying in makeshift tents since their
houses were destroyed in March 26 fire, by Chandra
Karki (kp 04/04/2021)
Freed
haliyas in Bajura still remain victims of state apathy
(ht 04/04/2021)
Students
at this Humla school take classes outdoors : The
building of Dharmodaya Secondary School has not been
rebuilt after it was destroyed by a landslide in 2019,
by Janak Bahadur Shahi (kp 03/04/2021)
Flood-displaced
families await relocation : It’s been almost a year
since the disaster but the displaced families in Myagdi
are still living in temporary huts, by Ghanshyam
Khadka (kp 29/03/2021)
Malnourished
child left in lurch in Bajura (ht 29/03/2021)
Budget
delay hampers reconstruction of houses destroyed last
monsoon : Displaced families wonder how long they will
have to live without proper roof above their heads,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 18/03/2021)
‘Justice,
justice, justice’ : Fed up with inaction, women march to
demand end to impunity, by Samiksha Baral (kp
13/02/2021)
Contractors
negligent in supply and sale of rice in remote Karnali
districts : People say contractors don’t transport rice
in time and when they do, the grains are of inferior
quality, by Chandani Kathayat and Raj Bahadur Shahi
(kp 11/02/2021) [Disinterest of
the Oli government to control this and ensure supply to
the people! This is one of the supreme duties of a head
of government!]
Smash
rape culture : Impunity is one of the reasons why sexual
violence continues to thrive (kp 11/02/2021) [The Oli government and political
parties care more about their sympathisers, even if they
are perpetrators! They also regard women as inferior
creatures, subordinate to men in every way!]
Children
becoming victims of sexual exploitation due to internet
misuse (ht 11/02/2021) [No
care from the Oli government!]
Malnutrition
in children serious health challenge in several Karnali
districts : Poverty, food shortage and lack of awareness
behind existing malnutrition crisis, say experts, by
Tularam Pandey and Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 10/02/2021)
Lactating
mothers, newborns in the far-west forced to stay in
cowsheds after childbirth, by Prakash Singh (ht
10/02/2021) [This crime requires
immediate action by the Oli government!]
Government
has not procured essential drugs for over 18 months :
The essential drugs provided for free are key to
preventing deaths by non-communicable diseases, doctors
say, by Arjun Poudel (kp 06/02/2021)
Flood,
landslide-displaced Baglung villagers still wait for new
houses : The displaced families say government
authorities and the people’s representatives are
indifferent towards their problems, months after they
were forced to abandon their homes, by Prakash Baral
(kp 03/02/2021)
Flood
survivors continue to spend nights under open sky in
Kalikot (rep 31/01/2021)
Landslide
victims await relocation : Almost 700 houses were
destroyed and 1,771 partially damaged by landslides
triggered by heavy rainfall in Kalikot last year,
by Tularam Pandey (kp 14/01/2021)
Students
study in roofless classrooms at this Salyan school : A
strong wind had blown away the roof of the school
building some eight months ago, by Biplab Maharjan
(kp 11/01/2021)
Bardibas
villagers grapple with drinking water shortage : Around
400 families have been facing water shortages for the
last five decades, by Sunita Baral (kp 07/01/2021)
Families
of flood victims still living in tents (ht
06/01/2021)
Incidents
of sexual assault rampant in camps for flood displaced
in Surkhet : A few cases get reported but a majority of
them are settled within camps, families displaced by the
2014 floods say, by Chandani Kathayat (kp
04/01/2021) [Further proof of
the Oli government's lack of sense of responsibility!
Oli always speaks only of his rights, not of his duties!]
As
winter bites, hardship of Lidi landslide survivors in
Sindhupalchok worsens, by Anish Tiwari (kp
24/12/2020), It’s
cold outside : It is time we asked ourselves whether we
are prepared enough to deal with this annual hazard
(kp 25/12/2020)
Kailali
landslide survivors say government left them high and
dry : Around 100 families have moved to the Tarai
plains and set up a camp inside a community forest,
by Mohan Budhaair (kp 21/12/2020)
Covid-19
affected businesses to protest demanding relief and
rehabilitation package : Entrepreneurs say that the
refinance facility has not been available to the small
and medium scale enterprises, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 21/12/2020)
Women
Alliance Calls For Stern Action Against Guilty Of VAW
(rn 07/10/2020)
Given
its failure, Covid-19 Crisis Management Centre’s
relevance in question : The deputy prime minister-led
centre’s role is limited to making recommendations to
the Cabinet but they are often shot down by the prime
minister, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 07/10/2020) [This has to do with the
authoritarian basic attitude of KP Oli, who likes to
play the little Trump, with similar incompetence!]
Dr
KC’s health deteriorates on his 24th day of
fast-unto-death (kh 07/10/2020),
A
state of status quo : After immense pressure, the
government has formed a panel to hold talks with KC, but
the way it ignored him for 24 days and has failed on
various fronts including the fight against the
pandemic shows the Oli administration is losing its grip
on governance, analysts say, by Anil Giri (kp
08/10/2020)
Recollecting
post-earthquake reconstruction : The credit for the
success of reconstruction process solely goes to the
earthquake survivors themselves who managed the money by
borrowing loans from various sources, by Gaurab KC
(rep 05/10/2020)
People
rendered homeless await resettlement in MusikotFollowing
the July 2 landslide, residents of Musikot in Gulmi have
been demanding that the municipal office move them to a
safer location, by Birendra KC (29/09/2020)
Flood
victims in Surkhet await resettlement for past six years
: Only a few families have received half the grant
announced by the provincial government while the rest
have received none, by Chandani Kathayat (kp
26/09/2020)
For
Nepali workers abroad, wait to return home gets longer
and tiring : Nepali missions in labour destinations
struggle to send Nepalis back as price of air tickets
skyrocket due to government-imposed cap on the frequency
of international flights, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 26/09/2020), 76,967
Nepalis Returned Home (rn 26/09/2020)
507
Inmates Contract COVID-19 At Siraha Prison (rn
23/09/2020)
Constitution
Day is like any other for city’s poor : Official
celebrations take place barely a hundred metres from the
people queuing up for free meals, by Anup Ojha (kp
20/09/2020)
Our
most vulnerable need protection during the pandemic. We
can then celebrate the constitution : First thing first,
by Shreejana Pokhrel (rep 19/09/2020)
Around
750 quake displaced families live in landslide-prone
settlements in Rasuwa : While some families have taken
grants from the government to buy a plot of land, most
are awaiting relocation to integrated settlements built
by the government, by Balaram Ghimire (kp
19/09/2020)
Resettlement
plans still to be readied, landslide survivors live in
leaking tents : Not only immediate relief, survivors
also need means to start their lives anew, experts say,
by Anish Tiwari and Timothy Aryal (kp 18/09/2020), Resettle
The Disaster-Hit, by Bini Dahal (rn 18/09/2020)
By
extending restrictions, government is barking up the
wrong tree, experts say : Authorities are still not
following the basics—doing effective contact tracing,
isolating the infected, listening to experts and
ensuring that there are sufficient dedicated Covid-19
health facilities, by Arjun Poudel (kp 27/08/2020)
Landslide-displaced
people worry about their future : Many families who were
driven by the landslide in Lidi are not assured by the
government’s plan to resettle them, by Anish Tiwari
(kp 24/08/2020)
The
cost of stigma : The government must run a campaign to
counter the infodemic surrounding Covid-19 (kp
24/08/2020)
Flood-displaced
families from Bhajani seek refuge in forest: More than
550 families who were displaced by the July flood have
moved to a community forest after living on the
Postal Highway for eight days, by Mohan Budhaair (kp
21/08/2020)
Integrated
settlement plan in Karnali fails to move beyond paper,
by Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 21/08/2020)
‘We
had long been asking the authorities to move us to safer
locations’: Lidi villagers say they knew a disaster was
coming as the area weakened by the 2015 earthquakes was
experiencing landslides since the start of the monsoon
season, by Anish Tiwari (kp 15/08/2020), 44
feared dead in Sindhupalchowk landslide (ht ht
15/08/2020)
Young
woman dies for want of treatment (ht 09/08/2020)
Monsoon-induced
disasters occur every year but authorities ill-prepared
to handle them: Hundreds of people are displaced by the
monsoon disasters in Sudurpaschim Province year after
year but the authorities rarely make disaster
preparedness plan (kp 11/07/2029)
Conflict
victims lament govt’s apathy in their joint submission
(ht 11/07/2020)
Exploitation
risk for women migrant workers has increased during
pandemic, labour migration experts and rights activists
say: They have urged the government to protect
vulnerable women migrant workers and ensure their wages
and other legal rights, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
05/07/2020)
Seven
years since the Mahakali floods, victims await
compensation: Residents of Khalanga fear possible floods
every monsoon, as the embankments that were damaged
seven years ago are yet to be reconstructed, by
Manoj Badu (kp 21/06/2020)
Lawmakers
demand govt bring home Nepalis abroad at the earliest,
by Kamal Subedi (rep 17/05/2020), International
Committee seeks prompt rescue of Nepalis in crisis
(kh 17/05/2020)
Over
400,000 Nepalis stranded abroad appeal for rescue
(kh 15/05/2020)
Structures
destroyed by floods in the Mahakali river in 2013 are
yet to be reconstructed: Only the damaged embankment and
two government office buildings have been reconstructed
in the last seven years, by Manoj Badu (kp
24/01/2020)
Children
deprived of vaccination in Bajura, by Krishna Oli
(rep 02/01/2020)
NHRC
demands justice for farmers: Says state should not
deviate from its duty to protect its citizens (ht
01/01/2020), Arrest
absconding mill operator: Govt (ht 01/01/2020)
Without
proper sanitation facilities, girls keep missing school
during menstruation: While menstrual taboos already lead
girls to miss school, a lack of water and sanitation at
schools only pushes them to stay away, by Elisha
Shrestha (kp 31/12/2019)
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