Lele Stripped Bare: Springs Drying Up, Villages Emptying Out
Years of unchecked extraction in the Lele-Mahadev Khola area of Lalitpur have ravaged forests and the environment. Local residents have...
Madhesh Hospitals in Crisis: Shortages of Medicine, Staff Gaps, and Idle Equipment
While the Madhesh provincial government has not procured medicines for hospitals over the past two years, it has instead spent...
How Reservoirs Have Transformed Ghorahi
Artificial reservoirs built across villages have changed rural life in Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City. With improved irrigation, tourism, and employment, dry...
Nepal’s local governments have spent Rs1.5 billion in DPRs. Has it all gone to waste?
Many detailed project reports (DPRs) are neither on record nor have the proposed projects taken off. CIJ Nepal investigates what...
Pokhariya Municipality: The local government that has become the hotbed of organised corruption
The local government has witnessed illicit transfer and appointment of hundreds of officials. Many say they had paid for the...
Sudurpaschim governance beset by headless institutions and poor service delivery
The provincial governance system has come under scrutiny due to power-sharing, legal vacuum and haphazard spending.
Hotter Himalaya melts glaciers
Villages in Manang live directly below a glacial lake that is in danger of bursting
Stray cattle continue to haunt Kailali and Kanchanpur streets despite massive investment to manage them
Streets and settlements in Kailali and Kanchanpur have been teeming with stray cattle for years, destroying crops and causing road...
Between sharia lessons and modern classrooms: The Muslim child’s dilemma
People from gender and sexual minority communities have long been denied recognition of their true identity in citizenship and other...
The social cost of Gen Z uprising
The Gen Z protests of September changed the government but what kind of change is it bringing about to Nepal’s...
In Ramechhap, entire villages are emptying out as outmigration spikes
Schools, health posts and shops in Ramechhap’s villages are getting lifeless while fields remain fallow. The empty villages are highlighting...
Gender and sexual and minorities: Struggle for identity
People from gender and sexual minority communities have long been denied recognition of their true identity in citizenship and other...-(1)-1763205288.jpg)
How Users’ Committees Became Tools for Corruption
Most local governments in the country have reportedly left Rs 25.32 billion unaccounted for in just one year from expenditures...
Why the Murrah buffalo project in Karnali failed
The dairy promotion program launched by the Karnali Province government has failed farmers as the Murrah buffaloes purchased with about...