Sirsiya river in Nepal heavily polluted by industrial waste, endangering public health, environment, and communities across the India border.

Nepal’s most sacred river is also its most polluted. In the capital, Kathmandu, raw sewage is dumped directly into the Bagmati River, and heaps of garbage are tossed in from along the banks.

Kathmandu, Jan. 29 -- River conservation activist Megh Ale has begun a relay hunger strike at Maitighar Mandala, demanding that river rights, protection and constitutional obligations be ensured in ...

Nepal’s per-capita energy consumption (cooking, transport, and industrial use) is roughly 520 kilograms of oil equivalent per year, about one-fifth of the global average. More revealing than the low ...