Tek Singh Bhat

DISASTER MANAGEMENT IS LIMITED TO SPEECH IN THE RURAL CONTEXT OF NEPAL Sometimes, even if the policies and procedures are adequate, the ground risks and problems are not addressed timely. Bajhang is one of the floods and landslides affected districts by unforeseen heavy rainfall of October 2021. The government and agencies recorded it as a high-risk settlement but, people are compelled to live by facing multiple hazards until the next option. The wondering factor is that their problem has been discussed in many places and also spent a huge budget but the risks are being more serious and sensitive  1. High-risk village of Seti riverside, Bajhang (PC: Tek Singh Bhat)  Climate change in Nepal, in recent years, has been the cause of major disaster events and is linked intractably to many such predicaments. One of the biggest changes we have seen in Nepal is the change in monsoon patterns in recent years, with the global circulation model (GCM) projects of increase in temperature b...

The rapidly melting mountains are signaling danger Excessive burning of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal by countries is one of the major challenges and risks faced by the least developed and developing countries such as Nepal which geography is in a sensitive state. It rises from as low as 59 metres (194 ft) elevation in the tropical Terai—the northern rim of the Gangetic Plain, through beyond the perpetual snow line to 90 peaks over 7,000 metres (22,966 ft) including Earth's highest (8,848-metre (29,029 ft) Mount Everest.  𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐮 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏) 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞. Photo Credit:  Shree Gurung In my opinion, the countries which are depending on fossils fuels as a source of energy need to take acute action to save the planet and m...