Air pollution closed down Pokhara airport for several days in late March. International airlines have cited poor visibility ...

More than 200 forest fires are burning in central Nepal with prevailing winds blowing it up the valleys to Pokhara and Kathmandu, worsening air quality. This NASA FIRMS satellite image was taken on ...

Three people were killed and two others injured when a jeep met with an accident at Siddheshwar in Palpa on Sunday night while heading to extinguish a forest fire.

[break] It reminded me of one of the main challenges tourism in Nepal has faced over the last 30 years ... River running on the Trishuli started in 1977. Phewa lake in Pokhara was pristine and a ...

SO THE RAIN HAS STOPPED FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT’S BEEN A PRETTY WET EVENING HERE AT MICHAUX STATE FOREST. BUT IT HASN’T STOPPED CREWS FROM WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO STOP TWO FIRES THAT HAS ...

Gurgaon: A raging fire engulfed forest areas adjoining the Bandhwari landfill, consuming dry wood and kikkar trees in its path, on Monday. Two fire tenders reached the spot and tried to douse the ...

It was in this context that a 1971 plan for an international airport in Pokhara was dusted off in 2009. Four years later, in 2013, Nepal signed an agreement with China CAMC Engineering Ltd for the ...

Dehradun: The Forest Survey of India (FSI) issued 334 forest fire alerts for Uttarakhand between April 1 and 21. The highest number — 94 alerts — was recorded in the North Kumaon zone ...

KATHMANDU – The new international airport in Pokhara finally has a scheduled passenger flight—with at least one weekly trip. On Monday, Nepal-Tibet joint venture Himalaya Airlines took off from Lhasa ...

Himachal typically records between 1,500 to 2,000 forest fire incidents annually during the fire season, which runs from April 15 to July 15 or until the monsoon sets in The recent spell of rain ...

Activists and locals alike denounced what they perceived as a systemic failure in managing both solid waste and recurring forest fires In a poignant follow-up to Earth Day, residents of Bandhwari ...