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A budget of Rs 160m has been allocated for the blacktopping of the Talcha-Gamgadhi road under the Nagma-Gamgadhi road section, which was connected to the road network 13 years ago. The Karnali provincial government has allocated a budget with the goal of completing the blacktopping of the 9-kilometer section of the road within the fiscal year 2027/28. This road, which connects the district headquarters Gamgadhi to Rara Lake via Rara Airport in Talcha, has been causing problems for the general public and means of transport due to the problem of becoming muddy in the rainy season and dusty in the winter.

According to hotelier Prasad Chaulagain, after the road is blacktopped, most tourists who visit Rara will reach Gamgadhi and return, which is expected to support the tourism business of the district headquarters.

As per the provincial government’s policy of advancing plans for various districts of the province through a multi-year contract process, this plan has been taken forward based on the resource agreement allocated by the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development, Karnali Province in the fiscal year 2025/26.

It is stated that the necessary process has been taken forward as per the multi-year contract directive 2022. The total cost for blacktopping the 9-kilometer road of the Talcha-Gamgadhi section is estimated at Rs 159m.

Since it is the main route to Rara Airport and Rara Lake, the Chief Minister, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning, and the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure have been requested repeatedly for the blacktopping of the road, and as a result, the budget has been ensured and the contract process has been taken forward, said Provincial Assembly member.

The local administration has clamped curfew in Birgunj Metropolitan City of Parsa district in a bid to curb possible untoward situation. The curfew order is in place from 9:45 am today.  

Chief District Officer of Parsa, Bhola Dahal, issued the curfew order after a tense situation surfaced between the two groups over the issue of parking at Shreepur area of Birgunj Metropolitan City on Sunday. 

The curfew was enforced until further notice as per the Clause 6 (A) of the Local Administration Act, 2028, added Dahal. 

The curfew will be imposed in the Baipass road towards west, Sirsirya river towards west, Gandak Chowk towards north and Shankaracharya Gate towards south.  

People's movement, gatherings, rallies and assemblies have been banned in the assigned area. 

However, security personnel would facilitate the movement of vehicles of essential service, media persons, vehicles of health workers and diplomatic missions, tourist vehicles, students for prescheduled examinations of universities, human rights activists and air passengers during curfew hour.

Byas Municipality in Tanahun has generated income Rs 1.4 million from the sale of waste products in the first seven months of the current fiscal year. 

During the period from mid-July 2025 to mid-February 2026, the municipality earned Rs 1,450,611 from the sale of recycled waste products. 

Chief Administrative Officer Sukadev Lamsal informed that the municipality earned the income from the sale of garbage and glass items. 

Facing the challenge of waste management, the municipality has started collecting segregated waste from households. 

Lamsal explained that biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste is collected separately, and income is generated by selling sellable waste. 

He said, 'Collecting all waste in one place causes problems, so biodegradables are collected in a separate vehicle and non-biodegradable in another.' 

Lamsal mentioned that selling waste has helped the municipality increase its internal resources. 

Byas Municipality Mayor Baikuntha Neupane said they have been segregating biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste from the very beginning of collection, and even within non-biodegradable waste, different items like glass, plastic, and paper are being separated and compressed with the use of machines. 

The municipality has educated families, wards and school leaderships within the municipality on waste segregation methods. 

The municipality is selling non-biodegradable waste such as paper, glass, and plastic collected from its office premises. 

At least 17 persons died and 24 others were injured when a passenger bus met with an accident in Dhading in the wee hours of  Monday. 

The incident occurred when the bus (Ga 1 Kha 1421) heading towards Kathmandu from Pokhara veered off the road and plunged into the Trishuli River  in Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality-5, Bhainsigauda, Dhading at around 1.30 am this morning. 

The bodies of 17 people who died in the accident have been recovered, said Bishnu Prasad Bhatta, spokesperson of the Armed Police Force (APF). 

He further shared that the injured have been rescued and rushed to various hospitals for treatment. 

Identities of the deceased and injured are  yet to be established. 

The cause behind the accident is yet to be known, police said. . 

A rescue operation is underway  in coordination among all three security agencies. 

A team with divers from the APF Nepal Disaster Management Unit at Adamghat has been mobilized for the rescue operation, Bhatta said. 

APF DSP Sunil Giri from the Disaster Management Training School, Kurintar is leading the command for the rescue effort.