Kathmandu Metropolitan City has stepped up monitoring waste management in hospitals and hotels based in the City.

Guwahati: When it rains heavily in the upstream the water rises very rapidly in rivers flowing through Assam valley and the phenomenon sometimes triggers devastating flash floods that take heavy to

Kapan VDC in Kathmandu has been declared open defecation free VDC on Sunday with the slogan ‘Clean and Green Kapan: Our identity.'

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide a loan assistance of US dollar 80 million (equivalent to NRs 7.57 billion) to the government for the implementation of the Kathmandu Valley Wa

The present study was carried out to assess contamination of five heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Pb and Zn) in five different types of green leafy vegetables viz., mustard (Brassica campestris), garden crees (Lepidium sativum), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare), coriander (Coriandrum sativum), and spinach (Spinacea oleracea) collected from different market sites of Kathmandu. Atomic absorption spectrometer was used to determine the concentrations of these metals in a total of 45 test vegetables. Results showed a substantial accumulation of heavy metals in roots and leafy shoots of the vegetables.

The Nepal Engineering College, Kathmandu, has emphasised on water security of the suburban areas in the Kathmandu Valley.

KATHMANDU: Experts today underlined the need of a separate policy and mechanism to address the water security of peri-urban parts in South Asian countries.

The government’s attempt to resume air quality monitoring stations has suffered a setback as four of the total seven existing stations broke down barely two months after being repaired.

Accham became the first district in the Far-Western Region to provide toilet access to all by declaring itself Open Defecation Free (ODF) on Wednesday.

Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of USD 80 million to modernise and expand the sewage network and treatment facilities in the Kathmandu Valley home to 2.5 million people.

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