Astonishing

Shocked!! is this how Ratnapark looks ??? i never thought it would be very Peaceful, green ...wow even ponds, fountains though dirty since last 7 years- It was the first time i ever entered in the premises... and i was very lucky because the first time i entered was the first time when KMC restricted the entrance of public. Being at the place was for a purpose, I along with my friend had to take permission for 22 April "EARTH DAY".......as we explained our planned event, we were appreciated by Mr. Hari Kc for a good cause which would help them as well. The Slogan for EARTH DAY was GREEN CITIES this was the perfect place for us to create awareness being power shifters. All done with our arrangements and planned activities, we were all set to value our Ratnapark. The event was supposed to start from 7 a.m, i just could see few people around supporting us, i thought people would be more concerned about this event because it is the first ever cleaning done by any organizati

  Explored Bhaktapur today, was surprised to see those people who were proud of themselves constructing a way for sewage to Manohara River. People constructing a canal kept my eye on, i was curious so i asked them " Is this canal for the irrigation purpose?" and what i heard made me comment bitterly "stone the crows", it was actually sewarage for sewage   way out to  Manohara   river.   I couldn't walk away so i asked them who is actually responsible for making this swerage?,,,,was surprised more with the answer... the reply was "Bhaktapur munipality". While We are trying to change the scenario of Bagmati at the one hand,  Manohara   is being polluted more at the other hand. Municipality itself is deteriorating the environment, instead of finding some solution for the problem they are making a solution of  Manohara  and sewages .Bhaktapur is one of the few municipalities in Nepal where LDF do not contribute the biggest part of total revenue (approx

Solid waste collected from Kathmandu is dumbed near Bisnumati River by KMC, and then it is taken to sisdol for further treatment but without any separation of non-degradable waste. The scrap owners near Bisnumati says that if KMC would let them collect/separate solid waste at the first point, they can at least reduce about 30 percent of the waste before dumping it to sisdol, they  even mentioned that dump contains valuable waste worth Rs20,0000(per month)which could be recycled, re-used. Well the saddest thing is that KMC doesn't allow them to separate non-degradable waste at first point. So, they appoint many collectors who collect recyclable material from sisdol. The collectors sale it to scrap owners and scrap owners sale it to industries (most of the recycled material is taken to India by many dealers).

WE are so obstinate that it is so hard for us to change our behavior and attitude, WE are literate but WE act illiterate. WE always realize it when the things have worsened to extreme condition..........though WE always read" prevention is better than cure". Few years before i could see -people talking about environmental protection, policy etc...But not implementing it when the time comes to act upon it. NOW, Time has changed people; they are aware, awakened, and knowledgeable. I could realize it when i was walking through teku bridge, i had never seen the river clean though it ain't that clean and clear still. Everyone who has passed from that way to T.U(Tribhuwan University) can feel the differences. That place was a favourite stamping ground for Eagles/vulture. Even Baghmati clean up programs has improved the surrounding and bagmati itself. While our visit to guheswori waste water treatment plant we could perceive those good words from Mr. Gajendra Thakur that they

Every day while walking on the roads of kathmandu i always had a curiosity being an Environmental student"why isn't the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the extended road of kathamandu being done?, if the assessment has been done where are the mitigation measures applied to control pollution?". While lately the thing stroked in my mind, at the very situation we need to be concerned about the measurement of air pollution and at which level we are facing it day to day, how and at what level is it affecting our health. In 2002,  at the six stations the deviceS were installed to measure the air pollution parameters: patan, thamel, putalisadak, bhaktapur, kritipur and matsyagaun. But as i am doing a surface research on "Analysis of air pollution measurement devices installed by DANIDA", came to know that most of the devices are not working The following information is taken from ENPHO- progress report(2008) monitoring parameters stations

With all excitement and motivation first day with fruitfulness began from Bhirkutimandap where bus was waiting for all 100 participants. While trying to be punctual i reached before arrival time given by GPS(Global Power Shifter)Nepal team. It was weird to wait for my friends in between more than 30 participants whom i had never met before. Oh! Finally they arrived after 15 minutes thank god. As we got signal that we were about to begin our trip to Nagarkot we were smart enough to step first on the bus.....no doubt that i reserved a corner window seat , a place where i feel good while travelling. Now this is where my story gets interesting. since we were 4 friends, one of my friend had to return to his home for a while due to some reason, but he would be back on his own in the training center, so we were three now, i had to sit alone on that seat ......after few minutes a girl came and asked me if anyone was seating by my side then i replied "no, you can seat".  Now we w

 Nepal's global GHG (Greenhouse gas) contribution is only 0.027 percent of the world's total. We (least developed countries) are not primarily responsible for climate change but we are victims of it. Now, it's the time to change our attitude and step towards the solution.