DIPAYAL: Coliform, a cholera virus, was detected in drinking water supplied to districts in remote far-west.

Experts say that the present outbreak of water-borne diseases is due to contamination in the drinking water being supplied to the general public.

BAJURA: Incessant rainfall with landslides claimed three lives while six houses were swept away in Kolti VDC of Bajura, on Saturday night.

DIPAYAL: A drinking water project in Doti has been in limbo for years due to rejection from local residents.

DIPAYAL: Heavy storms in Doti on Monday and Tuesday evening damaged property worth millions. Thunderstorms rendered most houses and government offices roofless.

KATHMANDU: Climate change may put children at considerable risk of violence, abuse and multiple forms of poverty, particularly through displacement, migration and erosion of assets and livelihood a

BAJURA: Elderly citizens of Kotila VDC in Bajura are an elated lot because there are toilets in every house in the village now.

POKHARA: Fewa Boats Entrepreneurs’ Association has started constructing a wall on the banks of Fewa Lake without government permission.

The recent diarrhoea outbreak in Makawanpur’s Dhiyal VDC has to do with water sources contaminated with human waste, it has been learnt.

Illegal transaction of valuable minerals such as tourmaline and kainite has gone up at different places in Jajarkot due to lack of well-managed mines, thanks to government apathy.