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Fungal disease threatens rice harvest in Palpa

Palpa, Oct. 22 -- Farmers in Palpa district are facing losses just as they prepare to harvest their rice crops, with a fungal disease known locally as kalopoke spreading through fields planted with va... Read More


Late-September rains cause Rs65.1 million damage to Kaligandaki Corridor

Palpa, Oct. 15 -- Prolonged rainfall in late September caused an estimated Rs65.1 million in damage to roads along the Kaligandaki Corridor, triggering landslides, road subsidence, retaining wall coll... Read More


Flood sweeps away bridge linking Syangja and Gulmi

Palpa, Sept. 27 -- A motorable bridge linking Mirmi in Syangja's Kaligandaki Rural Municipality-7 and Harmichaur in Gulmi's Kaligandaki Rural Municipality-1 was swept away by floodwaters in the Kaliga... Read More


Flood destroys equipment, pushing back Siddhababa tunnel opening

Palpa, Sept. 23 -- Motorists will have to wait at least another month to use the new Siddhababa tunnel after floods swept away equipment needed to put it into operation. The contractor must now repla... Read More


When the snake call comes, Sagar Pandey answers

Palpa, Aug. 16 -- year-old Sagar Pandey of Argali Ranghuwa in ward 14 of Tansen Municipality4, a ringing mobile phone often means only one thing: someone has spotted a snake. Whenever a snake turns u... Read More


How Ribdikot built a Rs460 million farming economy

Palpa, Aug. 13 -- Bhim Bahadur Raut of ward 8 of Ribdikot Rural Municipality in Palpa returned to his village six years ago after quitting foreign employment and has since been raising buffaloes and g... Read More