DEVELOPMENT AT ANY COST- NEPAL

Over a dozen community forest and several rhododendron forests have been obliterated while constructing a 28 km road in Terathum District, east Nepal. Similar incident has been reported from Kanchanpur District, west Nepal, where a 9 km track has been built in the community forest area by the users committee but with an intention of smuggling timber.

12, 14 December

Kantipur, The Rising Nepal