Logging rampant in Rautahat forests
Negligence on the part of District Forest Office to take action against the tree fellers has resulted in rampant deforestation in Rautahat forest areas of late. The DFO has more than 100 staffers
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Poverty falls to 33.1 per cent in six districts
KATHMANDU: Incidence of poverty has come down by 17.40 percentage points in the last seven years in six districts where the Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF) is operating its programmes, a latest report says.
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Flood, landslide damage 35,804 hectares paddy, vegies
Floods and landslides have damaged standing paddy and vegetables on 35,804.1 hectares in 17 districts, including the rice-bowl districts of the country such as Bardiya, Banke, Dang, Kanchanpur, Siraha
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Rautahat farmers want district declared drought-hit zone
RAUTAHAT: The relentless drought in Rautahat is causing rice seedlings to dry. In response to this situation, local farmers have demanded that the government declare the district a drought-hit zone.
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12 die in tusker attacks in 2 yrs
A 32-year-old woman died after being attacked by a wild elephant at Nijgadh Municipality-8 in the district on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Parwati Majhi of Kanakpur-5, Rautahat. With this
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Rautahat diarrheal epidemic still out of control
Epidemics of diarrhea and cholera that gripped Chandrapur-2, Gaidatar of the district some two months ago is still out of control. Locals are terrorized after the diseases started spreading to three
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Rautahat's cholera epidemic unabated for last 3 months
Floodwater generally triggers waterborne disease like cholera, jaundice, typhoid and several others, but officials with Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) of the Department of Health Services
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Officers asked to build home toilets
In a bid to declare the district ‘Open-Defecation Free’ by next year, some government offices in Rautahat have started issuing written orders to their employees to immediately build toilets in their houses
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Nepal to develop plans to receive funds for emission reduction
Nepal is developing a plan to receive results-based payment through the Carbon Fund for emission reduction over a five-year period from 2015 to 2020. Nepal is receiving the fund after its Emission Reductions
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Diarrhoea outbreak in ODF zone
The recent diarrhoea outbreak in Makawanpur’s Dhiyal VDC has to do with water sources contaminated with human waste, it has been learnt. The finding has also brought to fore the poor sanitation in