The Secretary General of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), Indra Mani Pandey, met with Nepal’s Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation, Badri Prasad Pandey, on Wednesday to explore avenues for enhancing regional tourism cooperation.
Over the past two decades, Nepal has witnessed more than 11,000 human-elephant conflict incidents, claiming 274 lives and injuring 138 people. Factors like habitat destruction and shrinking forest areas have forced elephants into human settlements, intensifying these conflicts, especially in eastern districts like Jhapa. While the government has initiated measures such as electric fencing and awareness programs, the problem persists, calling for sustainable coexistence strategies.
Court has issued an order to remand the two persons recently arrested in the Lalita Niwas land grab scam case along with Secretary at Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Krishna Bahadur Raut, for two more days.
The Secretary General of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), Indra Mani Pandey, met with Nepal’s Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation, Badri Prasad Pandey, on Wednesday to explore avenues for enhancing regional tourism cooperation.
Over the past two decades, Nepal has witnessed more than 11,000 human-elephant conflict incidents, claiming 274 lives and injuring 138 people. Factors like habitat destruction and shrinking forest areas have forced elephants into human settlements, intensifying these conflicts, especially in eastern districts like Jhapa. While the government has initiated measures such as electric fencing and awareness programs, the problem persists, calling for sustainable coexistence strategies.
