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VALLEY WATER WOES: High time for rainwater harvesting |
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Monday, 31 October 2011 |
NAVIN ADHIKARI
 KATHMANDU: It’s a perennial bitter pill to swallow for Kathmanduties. Kathmandu Valley, which has an average annual rainfall nearly double than the world’s, is still going thirsty.The present average water supply of 119.2 million litres a day in the valley has forced people to take up extreme measures to ease their water woes. Deep tube wells, boring facilities, hand pumps and wells can be found elsewhere, leading to the fast depletion of ground water table.
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Hand washing day: Clean hands for saving lives |
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Sunday, 16 October 2011 |
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 Kathmandu: People should be made aware of the need to wash hands in order to avoid an epidemic outbreak in the country, Minister for Health and Population Rajendra Mahato said on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion of Global Hand washing Day, Mahato said the message that we should wash hands should be taken across to the masses. |
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Saturday, 01 October 2011 |
 Kathmandu: In an effort to increase awareness about the importance of breaking the silence surrounding menstruation in Nepal, 10 artists joined hands with WaterAid to present the installation exhibition “Dropping it on development.” As to why art, Ashutosh Tiwari, WaterAid’s country representative for Nepal, says, “Instead of lectures and papers, we thought we should let the artists speak for themselves.” |
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