Permit to plunder: How the environment is paying the price for Nepal local governments' greed – OnlineKhabar English News
Bhrikuti Rai April 16, 2021 Comments Excavators and trucks lined up along the banks of the Indrawati river in Sindhupalchok. Photo: Bikram Rai Industries that mine the riverbeds for stone and pebbles might be lucrative for local governments, but the environment is paying the price. Like most locals from villages dotting the banks of the Indrawati in the Sindhupalchok district of central Nepal, Kamal Ratna Danuwar grew up with stories that revered the river. After all, the perennial waters of the snow-fed Indrawati nourished their fields and gave villagers bountiful harvests twice a year. Dan...