Father cannot afford last rites for son missing in Bhotekoshi floods

Hetauda, Oct. 14 -- year-old Baburam Sapkota has spent the past 47 days waiting for news of his son, who went missing in the Bhotekoshi floods. He has neither found his body nor been able to raise the... Read More

Makawanpur begins process to declare 58 missing people dead

Hetauda, Oct. 14 -- Authorities in Makawanpur have begun the process of declaring 58 people missing in the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods dead, following a special government procedure to establish their... Read More

Chepang children risk swollen rivers to get to school

Hetauda, Oct. 9 -- The rain was pouring down as school let out at 4 pm on Thursday. As students prepared to head home, the Lothar Khola had swollen into a muddy torrent. Chinimaya Chepang, an eighth-... Read More

Bagmati province seeks Rs1 billion for Bhotekoshi flood reconstruction

Hetauda, Oct. 8 -- The Bagmati provincial government has decided to provide Rs25 million in grants to 12 local units affected by the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods and seek an additional Rs1 billion from... Read More

Ground cracks displace 15 families in Makawanpur, 80 houses at risk

Hetauda, Oct. 3 -- Every year around this time, Gopini Bishwakarma of Morangedhap in Makawanpur would be preparing to clean and daub her house with mud for Dashain, the biggest festival of the Hindus.... Read More

India sends three Bailey bridges to restore flood-hit connectivity

Hetauda, Sept. 13 -- India has provided Nepal with components for three Bailey bridges to help restore road connectivity in areas of Nuwakot and Rasuwa where bridges were washed away by the Bhotekoshi... Read More

Bhotekoshi floods push Kulekhani into continuous power generation

Hetauda, Sept. 12 -- The catastrophic Bhotekoshi floods on August 26 damaged more than a dozen hydroelectric projects, compelling the Nepal Electricity Authority to run the country's primary backup po... Read More

Diversion sends traffic surging along Tribhuvan Highway

Hetauda, Sept. 12 -- Mankumari Lama and her two sons boarded a Kathmandu-bound bus from Hetauda Buspark at 5pm on Thursday. Expecting a routine journey, they did not reach their destination until 10am... Read More

Flood-hit Prithvi Highway pushes traffic onto Hetauda-Kathmandu routes

Hetauda, Sept. 1 -- Traffic has increased on roads linking Hetauda with Kathmandu after flooding along the Trishuli river blocked the Prithvi Highway at Krishnabhir in Dhading, forcing vehicles to use... Read More

Gundruk turns into a business lifeline for women in Hetauda

Hetauda, Aug. 18 -- For generations, women in Ghale Gaun, a settlement in Hetauda-12, made gundruk as a way to preserve mustard greens for the winter. The greens were wilted, fermented in earthen pots... Read More

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