Bird census begins in Chitwan
Bird census has started in Chitwan today.
Bird Education Society Chitwan has started counting the birds from Rapti River, Budhirapti, Dhumre, Kasara and other areas of East Chitwan.
According to the district president of the society, Tikaram Giri, bird census started from Saturday across the country but it has started in Chitwan from today. Birds will be counted at nine locations in East Chitwan, to be followed by a census in West Chitwan.
The census is scheduled to be completed by January 21. Binocular cameras, GPS, sound recorders etc. are being used to count the birds.
So far, more than 650 species of birds have been found in Chitwan district.
Bird counting has been taking place in Nepal since 1987.
Two killed, three injured in assorted road accidents in Jhapa
Two persons died while three others were injured in separate road accidents in Jhapa district last night.
A person died when a motorcycle went out of control near Jhilimili Bridge in Bhadrapur Municipality-4 last night, and a person died and two others were injured when a passenger bus hit a motorcycle at Charpane Chowk in Birtamode Municipality-2.
Motorcycle rider Dhanapati Pathak (31) and Lekhnath Dahal (28) of Kachankewal Municipality-2 were injured when the motorcycle (Pra 1-01-013 Pa 9607) went out of control and hit the pillar on the side of the Jhilimili Bridge in Bhadrapur Municipality-4.
Of them, pillion rider Dahal died while undergoing treatment at Omsai Pathibhara Hospital, Bhadrapur while Pathak is still undergoing treatment at the same hospital.
Similarly, Toyanath Upreti of Kankai Municipality-8, died when the motorcycle (Me 1 Pa 7248) he was riding on hit by a passenger bus (Pra 1-01-002Ba. 0149), Police Inspector Nawaraj Neupane of District Traffic Office Jhapa said.
Raviratna Sitaula (59) of Kankai-5 and Sagar Majhi of Bahradashi Rural Municipality-7 who were riding pillion riding were injured in the incident. Both are undergoing treatment at Birta City Hospital, Biratmode.
Police said that they arrested the bus driver for investigation.
One killed as locals, police clash in Sarlahi
A person died when a clash broke out between police personnel and locals at Barahathawa in Sarlahi on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Jaishankar Sah (32) of Barahathawa Municipality.
According to DSP Dipendra Panjiyar, spokesperson at the District Police Office, Sarlahi, the cause of Sah’s death has not been not been revealed.
“It has been said that Sah died during the course of the demonstration. But the cause of the death is being investigated,” he said.
Locals staged a demonstration outside the Barahathawa Municipality this morning demanding that the municipal hospital be upgraded into the provincial hospital.
Police lobbed 13 rounds of teargas canisters after the demonstrators startled pelting stones.
DSP Panjiyar said that police fired 19 rounds of teargas shells to disperse the mob.
The demonstrators have claimed that Sah died in police firing.
Bhimphedi-Kulekhani-Dakshinkali road closed
Bhimphedi-Dakshinkali road linking Hetauda, the capital of Bagmati province, to the federal capital Kathmandu, has been closed for vehicular traffic from today.
This is the shortest route from Hetauda to Kathmandu. The road will be closed until April 12, 2024.
The road is being closed as upgrading works will be started on this road section at Dakshinkali municipality from today.
The District Police Office, Makawanpur has urged commuters to use alternative roads until April 12.
District Police Office, Makawanpur spokesperson Laxmi Bhandari said the alternative roads are - the road leading to Kathmandu via Kulekhani-Chitlang and the Kanti Highway.
According to her, one can also take the Narayangadh-Muglin road to Kathmandu.
