KATHMANDU The Bagmati River, coursing through Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, has transformed into a sewer canal in recent decades, with untreated raw sewage discharged into its waters. Officials are now drafting plans to rejuvenate the sacred river, which also passes through the revered Pashupatinath Temple, by building a dam 95-meters (311 feet) tall to collect […]
KATHMANDU As the monsoon draws to a close in Nepal, workers are putting the finishing touches on a dam designed to breathe life back into a sacred river that’s effectively dead. The Bagmati stems from a spring in the hills about 15 kilometers ( 9.3 miles) north of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, and its path […]