Severe air pollution can heighten Covid-19 risk in South Asia
Health experts call on governments in South Asia to clean up their act as high levels of air pollution could worsen the severity and spread of the coronavirus pandemic
Author: Ramesh Bhushal
Glacial lakes become more deadly as Himalayan ice melts
As global warming melts ice in the high Himalayas, more glacial lakes are forming in the mountain range, increasing the risk of flooding downstream areas in India, Nepal and China
Farmers start summer sowing under shadow of pandemic
Even as Covid-19 spreads like wildfire across South Asia, farmers are planting the summer crop despite grappling with higher input costs, labour issues and the threat of floods
River on the floodplains — best friend and worst enemy: Koshi Basin Part 4
Building of embankments has turned the capricious river into a fiendish foe for Nepal and India
All rivers in the Koshi basin lead to the Ganga. The major rivers the Sunkoshi, Arun and Tamor travel hundreds of kilometres from the glaciers in Tibet and meet at Triveni, 20 kilometres before the foothills peter out into the southern plains of Nepal. For people living on the plains…Read more
Dreams of hydropower dollars: Koshi Basin Part 3
Earthquakes could shatter Nepal’s dream of tapping its vast hydropower potential
About six kilometres south of the Tibetan border in Dolakha district, the country’s largest hydropower project is being built on the Tamakoshi River, one of the tributaries of the Koshi. The construction of the Upper Tamakoshi dam is yet to regain pace after last year’s devastating earthquake…Read More
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