Kathmandu, July 5: Minister for Finance Dr Ram Sharan Mahat has said that budget would be allocated in the budget programme of the fiscal year 2072/73 BS under a separate heading for the reconstruction
Nepal govt asked to stop exporting monkeys for biomedical research Animal welfare campaigners staged demonstration outside the Nepali Embassy in London on Friday as part of their campaign against Nepal government's involvement in the breeding of rhesus monkeys for biomedical research in America. Protesters gathered outside the embassy at 10:30 am GMT, with posters showing a suffering lab monkey and the heading "Nepal's Shame', a statement issued by the Stop Monkey Business Campaign said. Campaigners display pamphlet during the protest in front of the Nepali Embassy in London, demanding ban on export of rhesus monkey from Nepal on Friday Feb 22. The protest was the first in the UK in support of the global Stop Monkey Business Campaign. Two representatives of the campaigners talked with Jhabindra Aryal, Counsellor/Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy, and conveyed their concerns regarding the trade of monkeys for export to American 'research' companies. Aryal on his part promised to pass on the campaigners' concerns to the Nepal government, the statement added. "According to the British campaigners, Nepal should be ashamed of providing monkeys for biomedical research, especially in the past the country has built a reputation of protecting wildlife species such as the tiger, rhino and elephant,' the statement read, "They note that monkeys are considered sacred both by Hindus and Buddhists.' The campaigners have urged the Nepal government to stop the export of monkeys for experimentation, which causes great suffering. They say that exposes of animal
A group of Nepali power developers have decided to proceed with the development of 100 MW-strong Kaligandaki gorge hydropower project to help resolve the crisis of load shedding in the country. Hydro Solutions, a company of the Nepali promoters, has said that it aims to complete the construction of the project by 2012. According to Gyanendra Lal Pradhan, director of the Hydro Solutions, the total cost of the project would be Rs 10 billion
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has said it is unable to collect garbage from city thoroughfares beginning Sunday because of lack of fuel to run its garbage trucks. Since last three days, the KMC has not sent its vehicles to dump garbage in landfill site in Sisdole and the transfer station in Teku has already filled up. "Due to lack of diesel, we cannot collect and transport the garbage. We cannot resume our task unless fuel is made available,' Rabinman Shrestha, environmental engineer at KMC's Environment Department. The KMC has said it requires 2000 liters of diesel everyday to run its garbage collecting vehicles. nepalnews.com sd Feb 17 08
The 60 MW Kurichhu hydropower station in Gyalpoizhing, Mongar, has shut down for eight days starting February 11, to allow Bhutan Power Corporation Limited (BPCL) to do maintenance work on substations and transmission lines in the eastern region. This means eight eastern and central dzongkhags, including Sarpang and Zhemgang, will not receive power supply from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm until February 18. The executive director of transmission department, K B Wakhley, told Kuensel that every effort was being made to minimise the power shutdown period.
Several thousand fowls were culled in Gazipur and Bogra as reports of chicken dying of bird flu kept pouring in from different parts of the country on Monday. Awareness raising campaigns initiated by various government and local authorities could not stop dumping of dead fowls in the open, risking public health in some areas. Over 6,000 fowls were culled in Gazipur and Bogra after laboratory tests confirmed bird flu outbreak at least in two firms in the districts. About 100 dead chickens were found floating in a canal at Tootpara Mowlabari area in Khulna city Monday morning.
