Author: Himalaya Post

Bhimduttanagar –  The first six tourists from different countries entering Nepal from the Gaddachauki checkpoint received a warm welcome marked by fanfare. Gaddachauki is a transit point on Nepal-India border in the far-west. They were welcomed by the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), Kanchanpur branch at Gaddachauki on the occasion of the World Tourism Day that falls today. The welcomed tourists are Swedish national Medaline Tegeletla, German Maria Gaizeller and Eranast Est Genestewer and David Sibiyak, Australian Jack Cameron and Japanese Fuya Ejiyama, according to the NTB, Kanchanpur branch. On the occasion, Chief of District Coordination Committee Fairu Tamang and Bhimduttanagar Municipality Mayor Surendra Bista among others feted the first six tourists with traditional Nepali cap Dhaka Topi , shawl and vermilion. The NTB’s Kanchanpur section which is the major checkpoint for the tourists coming Nepal in from province no 7 has been run by an office assistant Thaneshwor Lekhak for the past five years. Lekhak alone prepares pamphlets as well as other promotion materials and have been giving briefing the tourists about the tourist spots in the province no 7. According to his observation, the number of tourists visiting Nepal through this checkpoint is increasing. He shared, “So far 183 foreign tourists have entered Nepal via this checkpoint as of now in 2018 while 200 have exited through this checkpoint.” NTB Kanchanpur Branch Chief Padam Raj Bhatta informed that...

Kathmandu – Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Barshaman Pun has said that there were immense potentialities for the construction of waterways in Koshi, Gandaki, Narayani and Karnali rivers. In today’s meeting of the Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee under the House of Representatives, Minister Pun said that the government would start construction of waterways in Koshi and Narayani rivers within the current fiscal year to establish easy connectivity to seas. He further said that all the people across the nation would get electricity facility within next three years. On the occasion, Secretary at the Energy Ministry, Anup Kumar Upadhyay, and Water Resources Secretary, Sanjay Sharma, briefed the Committee about the organizational structure of the Ministry, implementation condition of programmes approved for fiscal year 2018/19 and human resources management. Committee members—Dal Bahadur Rana, Sitadevi Yadav, Raj Bahadur Shahi, among others drew government’s attention to bring Budhi Gandaki and West Seti hydropower projects into operation...