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Water for the ages

Kathmandu’s ancient water spouts provide more reliable supply than the $700 million Melamchi project

Narrow escape for Melamchi fact-finding team

A scientific team that had gone to assess a monsoon disaster that damaged Nepal’s most expensive infrastructure project northeast of Kathmandu itself had a...

Multipronged response to Nepal’s multi-hazards

Hazards in the Himalaya do not queue up politely to occur one at a time. More often, they occur together and, when...

Still chasing the Melamchi mirage

Two months after a massive debris flow on the Melamchi River knocked out Nepal’s most expensive water project, geologists investigating the disaster say the...

The monsoon mess in Melamchi

The debris flood on the Melamchi River has been continuous since the start of the monsoon on 15 June. Since then, more than 20 people have...

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