Menu

Investigative Stories

Permit to Plunder

Industries that mine the riverbeds for stone and pebbles might be lucrative for local governments, but the environment is paying the price.

Comment Here

More Investigative Stories

A Rs. 1.43 Billion Land Grab, Enabled by the Metropolitan City

A Rs. 1.43 Billion Land Grab, Enabled by the Metropolitan City

The Constitution assigns local governments the responsibility of protecting public and government land. Yet Birgunj Metropolitan City appears to have...
Afforestation in Sudurpaschim: Millions Planted, Almost None Protected

Afforestation in Sudurpaschim: Millions Planted, Almost None Protected

Despite spending tens of millions of rupees to plant millions of saplings, forest cover in Sudurpaschim continues to decline. With...
How the poor living in forest fringes are paying the price for tiger conservation

How the poor living in forest fringes are paying the price for tiger conservation

Nepal has been celebrated worldwide for nearly tripling its tiger population in about a decade.  But this has had an...