Kathmandu Valley Drinking Water Limited has officially taken over the responsibility of carrying out water supply works in Kathmandu Valley from Sunday. The responsibility to manage valley's water supply was given to the firm established as per the public-private partnership concept following pressures from the Asian Development Bank and other donors to the government to handover the water distribution responsibility in Kathmandu valley to an autonomous body. This was also the main precondition of the Melamchi Drinking Water Project.

Public transport has been hit hard by deepening fuel crunch in Kathmandu Valley and elsewhere around the country. Demanding that the government immediately normalise the supply of petroleum products, transportation workers staged protest at various places in Kathmandu by placing vehicles on the road. The protest blocked traffic at Ratna Park, Baneshwor and Koteshwor areas. Irate motorists gheraoed the Nepal Army's gas station at Bhadrakali after they could not get petrol and diesel even after staying in queue for hours.

Mask-covered faces are now a common sight on Kathmandu roads. This is a result of the fleet of vehicles emitting thick black smoke which not only irritate the eyes, but also cause several

With a rapidly expanding fleet of vehicles, Kathmandu faces a serious environmental problem, thanks to the growing air pollution. According to a recent report by the Urban Air Quality

A workshop in Nepal on community forest use brings to the fore environmental gains of the concept