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Currently there is partial impact of the westerly wind and local wind in the country.

According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly regions of Koshi Province and other provinces while the weather is fair in the rest of the country.

The weather will remain partly to generally cloudy in the hilly regions of Koshi Province and other provinces and fair in the rest of the country this afternoon.

There are chances of light snowfall at one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous regions of the country, the Division informed.

Light rain accompanied by thunder and lightning is likely to occur at a few places of the hilly region of Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces and at one or two places of the hilly region of the rest of the provinces.

Similarly, the weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly region and fair in the rest of the country tonight.

Light snowfall is likely to occur at one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous regions of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Karnali Provinces.

Light rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at one or two places of the hilly regions of Koshi and Gandaki Provinces.

There is a possibility of light snowfall in one or two places of the high hilly and mountainous region of the country.

In view of possible light rain with thunder and lightning at some places of the hilly regions of Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces and at one or two places of the hilly regions of the rest of the provinces, the Division has urged all concerned to take precautions since it may have partial impact on daily life, health, road and aviation.

Press Council Nepal Chairman Bal Krishna Basnet has suggested that the media should give special coverage to the issue of climate change.

He said so during a program held in New York, USA, on the theme 'Save the Mountains, Save the Earth', organized jointly by the Alpine Sports Association New York and the Sath Sathai Foundation.

Media persons and mountaineers attended the program organized recently at Jackson Heights, New York.

"The effects of climate change are seen clearly on our mountains. The white and shining mountains are turning into black," Chairman Basnet said. "The media should should increase coverage to draw the world's attention to the issue."

Chief Guest of the program Chairman Basnet, senior journalist Babita Basnet, Vice Chairperson of the Federation of Nepali Journalist Nitu Pandit, Nepal Television journalist Anita Bindu, Radio Kantipur journalist Kamala Panthi, Madan Puraskar winner writer Nilam Karki (Niharika) and Sath Sathi Foundation Head Prajita Karki among others were present in the event.

Temba Sherpa, advisor to the Parbat Sports Association New York and president of Sherpa Kidug, welcomed them at the program.

Conducting the program, Sanjog Acharya, the general secretary of the Association, expressed his happiness for being able to interact with the media on new issues that need to be raised.

On the occasion, guest speakers expressed their views on the initiatives needed to be taken to balance the Earth's environment and protect Nepal's mountains.

Similarly, Sath Sathai Foundation Chairperson Prajita Karki presented her important views on how to move forward from the community level for sustainable development of tourism and promotion of the Himalayan region in Nepal.

She said that since Nepal's mountains are world heritage sites, everyone should join hands in their protection and promotion.

Saying that Nepal's mountains are in crisis owing to climate change, senior journalist Babita Basnet stressed on the need for international initiatives for their long-term protection.

She also thanked the organization for reaching out to the masses and working on such profound issues.

During the program, participants highlighted the need for all parties to work together to promote tourism, economic development of local communities, and long-term conservation of the Himalayan region in Nepal.

Saying that Nepal's mountains are not only our heritage but also play a significant role in maintaining the ecological balance of the earth, the participants said that their conservation is our collective responsibility.

A new hot water pond has been constructed and brought into operation at Singa Tatopani Kunda located at Beni Municipality-4 in Myagdi

Tatopani Kunda Management Committee built the new pond on public land nearby upper Tatopani bazaar.

Committee Secretary Amar Bahadur KC said the new pond was constructed following the increasing number of people visiting the place to take bath in the hot water pond.

"The hot water was brought to the new pond by pumping it from the source located at the bank of Myagdi river," he added. 

"We managed all the expenses to construct the new pond from the entry fee charged for those visiting the place to take bath. Eighty people can take bath in the 15-feet long, 15-feet wide and 2.5 feet deep pond at a time," shared KC.

Chairperson of the Committee, Krishna Khadka, mentioned that there is a belief that different types of health issues related to skin, gastric, rheumatoid arthritis etc would be cured after taking bath in the hot water pond.

A total of 44,000 people including 59 districts of Nepal, India, Russia, France and Japan took bath in the pond in fiscal year 2080/81.

One can take a bath in the hot water pond till seven-10 days after paying Rs 350 while Rs 100 per person has been determined for one time bath.  There are now two separate ponds for patients and other visitors.

Every now and then Nepali newspapers greet us with photos of crowded airports, tearful farewells, and headlines tallying the number of citizens boarding flights abroad. Social media amplifies this narrative, glamorous snapshots of migrants posing in foreign cities, juxtaposed with cynical memes mocking those “left behind.” We have collectively branded migration as a national shame: a “brain drain” crippling Nepal, while those who remain are dismissed as unskilled or unambitious. But this reductive framing ignores history, economics, and Nepal’s own policy failures. Migration is not the problem; our inability to harness it is.

Migration is as old as human civilization. People have been moving across borders whether temporary or permanent, voluntary or forced. Herders move seasonally for pastures, people in the mountains move to escape freezing temperatures, students migrate for education, laborers seek better wages, and families relocate for safety. Nepal’s history is shaped by mobility: Newar traders crossing Himalayan passes into Tibet, Gurkhas serving global armies, some as Bahadurs in India and generations of youth leaving villages for Kathmandu’s promise of opportunity. Yet today, we treat migration as a pathology rather than a natural response to inequality.

The real issue lies not in people leaving, but in why they feel compelled to. Nepal’s cities, overcrowded, polluted, and staggeringly expensive, are monuments to failed planning. Rural municipalities, stripped of basic infrastructure, schools, and hospitals, hemorrhage talent. Our policies oscillate between romanticizing agrarian life and tacitly endorsing labor export as an economic strategy. Migration is not the crisis; it is a symptom of a deeper rot.

The 2021 Census reveals that 29 percent of Nepalis migrate internally, primarily to Kathmandu and Biratnagar. These cities, once symbols of progress, now suffocate under unplanned growth. Kathmandu’s drainage systems collapse under monsoon rain. The promotion of private motorbikes and vehicles to fuel import taxes for revenue generation discouraged public transportation, leading to hours of traffic jams. The lack of jobs and underpaid labor struggle to retain workers. Urbanization, if managed wisely, could drive economic growth. Instead, we have allowed our cities to become pressure cookers of frustration. We have incentivized urbanization without preparing for it, then blame migrants for the mess.

Remittances, contributing 25 percent of Nepal’s GDP, are celebrated as an economic lifeline. Yet this dependence masks a grim reality: our youth are not migrating out of ambition, but desperation. Nepal’s transition from an agrarian to a service-based economy failed to generate jobs. Instead of building factories or tech hubs, we opened the service industry, exploited lands as real estate cash cows, and created a speculative bubble that benefits elites.

Migrants send billions home, but these funds flow into real estate and consumption, not productivity. A nurse in Australia earning AUD 30/hour remits money to build a concrete house in Makwanpur, which stands empty while her village lacks a clinic. Meanwhile, Nepal’s diaspora, a potential force for trade and investment, remains untapped. Returned migrants bring skills in construction, departmental stores, engineering, healthcare, and IT, but find no ecosystem to deploy them. We lament “brain drain” while wasting “brain gain.”

Breaking the cycle

1. Decentralize development
   Empower Nepal’s 753 local governments to build self-sustaining economies. Why must a student from Palpa migrate to Kathmandu for college? Invest in regional universities, rural hospitals, and agro-industries in the Tarai. Redirect internal migration to emerging hubs like Jumla or Dipayal to shorten its distance.
2. Allow hassle-free foreign direct investment
   Prioritize FDI by lowering the current threshold, allowing 100 percent ownership in priority sectors, and amending forex laws to let investors withdraw profits without hurdles. It is time for Nepal to tap into the markets available beyond its borders, in two highly populous nations.
3. Transform remittances into productivity
   Create tax incentives for migrants to invest in renewable energy, agro-processing, or tech startups, not land hoarding. Establish a “Diaspora Skill Bank” to connect returnees with local industries.
4. Stop blaming, start planning
   Nepal cannot simultaneously fetishize migration as “success” and vilify it as “betrayal.” Formalize labor migration with skill-building programs and social security. Partner with destination countries for reintegration programs.
5. Improve implementation efficiency
   Policies get diluted when it comes to execution. Nepal should invest in efforts to bring all the bureaucrats at all levels together in order to ensure consistency and effectiveness.

Migration is not Nepal’s curse; it is a mirror reflecting decades of policy indifference. The exodus will continue until we offer citizens a reason to stay. Imagine a Nepal where villages have schools as good as Kathmandu’s, where returned migrants launch startups in Surkhet, and where laborers abroad are upskilled into ambassadors for Nepali innovation.

This future is possible. But first, we must stop scapegoating migrants and confront the real enemy: our refusal to build a nation worth staying for.