Seven killed, 12 injured in road accidents
The accidents occurred in Sindhupalchok, Bara, Dang and Salyan districts.
The accidents occurred in Sindhupalchok, Bara, Dang and Salyan districts.
Preparations underway to airlift seriously hurt to Kathmandu.
Around 2,150 households in all 12 local units of the district are engaged in coffee farming, say officials.
Nepali traders say they are not allowed to sell their goods in Chinese cities even though the border has been reopened.
According to the Tatopani Immigration Office, 820 Chinese tourists from various provinces of China have entered Nepal from the border point till September 25.
Despite the constitution’s pledge, government schools in Nepal fail to guarantee free education, forcing students from poor backgrounds to drop out.
A 12-year-old Bahrabise-3 local lost her life after being hit by a tipper.
The Kathmandu-bound car skids off a hairpin bend and falls some 300 metres down, police say.
People living close to Tatopani hope border town becomes vibrant again after two-way flow of travellers resumes.
15 people were injured following a road accident in Dolakha, while eight people were injured as a bus swerved into a shop after its brake failed in Sindhupalchok. Both vehicles were heading to Kathmandu from Dolakha.
Before the earthquake, nearly 30,000 Chinese tourists used to enter Nepal from the Tatopani border point.
As the private supplier could not import the chemical fertiliser on time, the Agriculture Inputs Company, the buyer, is hesitant to receive the consignment.
Massive flooding of the Melamchi and Indrawati rivers two years ago displaced more than 500 families.
At least 30 families from Ghumthang and Bhotang have been living in fear of floods and landslides caused by the erosion of the Ghueay stream.
The Tatopani border point re-opened on May 1 after remaining closed for eight years then closed again the next day.