The Nepalese Himalayas have been warming considerably more than the global mean temperature in recent decades.

Glaciers in most of the region are showing signs of shrinking, thinning, and retreating, which is giving way to a lot of melt water.

On Ngozumpa, some of this water is seen to pool on the surface and then drain away via a series of streams and caverns to the snout of the glacier, the BBC reported.

There, around 25km from the mountain, a colossal lake is growing behind a heap of dumped rock fragments.

This lake, called Spillway, is likely to be about 6km long, 1km wide and 100m deep.

The concern is that this huge mass of water could ultimately infringe the debris dam and hurtle down the valley, sweeping away the Sherpa villages in its path.

According to the scientists, although the threat is not immediate, but it is a situation that requires monitoring.

One of the researchers at work on Ngozumpa is Ulyana Horodyskyj, from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado in Boulder, US.

In of the incidences, her cameras captured a supraglacial lake losing more than 100,000 cubic metres of water in just two days. Within five days, the lake had recovered half the volume, fed by waters from higher up the glacier.

“Say I came the week before and the week after a lake drained – it would seem like nothing had happened because the lake level would appear to be the same,” Horodyskyj said.

“But my timelapse photography tells me that something has happened – 40 Olympic-size swimming pools just got sent down the glacier,” she added.

The festival would be organized in Tikaulichaur of Ratnanagar Municipality-7. Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai is scheduled to inaugurate the festival.

Coordinator of the organizing committee, Dipak Kumar Karmacharya said, as many as 350 stalls would be kept in the festival.

Ratnanagar Chamber of Commerce and Industries and Ratnanagar Municipality are organizing the festival every two years.

Organizers said that industrial, agricultural and tourism promotion related local arts and culture, and locally-produced goods would be kept on display in the stalls.

According to the Survey of Indian visitors to Nepal by land 2010, a total of 520,522 Indian tourists visited Nepal by land in 2010. The number, however, stood at 298,415 in 2009, according to the Nepal Tourism Board.

The Survey of Indian visitors to Nepal by land in 2010 — the second of its kind of survey — revealed that there were some 96,928 vehicles — an increase by 22 per cent over the previous year — of different categories that entered Nepal from eight border points. Majority of Indian tourists coming to Nepal for a holiday travel used Indian vehicles like mini bus, car, jeep, and motorcycle. Thus only Indian tourists crossing the border in vehicles are counted as tourists, it said, adding that the private vehicles carriers were found to be high with almost half that is 49 per cent of the vehicles compromising of car/jeep, while buses only accounted for eight per cent of the total Indian vehicles entered Nepal.

The survey used Indian vehicles entering Nepal basis as there is not any system of registering Indian tourists by land. According to data collected from Birgunj, Kakarbhitta, Rani (Biratnagar), Belihiya (Bhairahawa), Nepalgunj, Dhan-gadi, Vittamod (Janakpur), Gaddachowki (Mahendranagar) of Indian tourists visiting Nepal for an overnight stay and longer, there were some 154,086 third country tourist arrivals by land in 2010, while some 674,608 tourist used vehicles.

Source: http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Indian+tourist+arrivals+by+land+triples&NewsID=300500

Moreover, anyone selling tobacco products to person under age of 18 years and pregnant women will be fined upto Rs 10000. The Act also prohibits advertising and sponsoring programmes in the name of tobacco-related products through media.

This step of act from the Health Ministry is definitely a correct one, and long awaited, before people could not raise their voice against smokers in public places, but now with the government act on their side, they can raise their concern and stop them to do so. It has definitely given power to the citizens and will not only save life of the smoker but will also help the non-smokers, which will help the country to prosper in long term. However, the enforcement and the acceptance of this act is yet to be seen.

The government has played its part, now its in the hand of the citizens to implement this act and help make the nation Tobacco free zone.

According to the priest at the Temple, Chakradharanand Rajopadhyaya, the landslide has reached near Chandra Surya shrine on the west side of the Temple.

Rajopadhayaya complained that no bodies concerned have shown any interest to protect the Temple when it is at high risk of landslide.

Locals said this situation came about with the failure of the local administration to stop the rampant mining of sand and stones from the Manohara stream going on since long.

At first, sand smuggling at the Manohara stream should be stopped to save the Temple from the risk of landslide, said Rajopadhayaya.

Aruna Nakarmi, Chief of the Department of Archeology and Palace Management Office, Bhaktapur, said they have been informed of the landslide and they would inspect the area on Friday.

Central Office of the Department of Archeology has asked its local office to submit a report on the extent of the damage to the Temple structure caused, which they will submit after monitoring the area, said Nakarmi.

Source:http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Changunarayan+Temple+at+high+risk+of+landslide&NewsID=298116

“It is unbelievable that the owner of Hotel Fulbari whose multi-billion dollar hotel is among the best hotels of the world was involved in cheating,” HAN said issuing a press statement.

The release read, “The association believes that the problem can be resolved by bringing both the sides together if money has to be given or taken in accordance with the law.”

The statement also stated that if industrialist Amatya has to pay money, the problem also can be solved by collecting the dues through his private property as stated in the law.

Source :http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Hotel+group+raises+voice+over+Fulbari+chair’s+detention&NewsID=298021

Similar Ministry of Information and Communication informed that they would issue postal stamp and the central Bank would issue coins for supporting the cause. Likewise Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has given high priority to improve the infrastructure of the Tribhuwan International Airport. The operation of new sterilized zone having the capacity to accommodate more than 350 passengers is the example of its commitment to facilitate tourists.

NTY 2011 the board and CAAN jointly have carried out many promotional programmes and development activities since the announcement of Nepal tourism year 2011.

For the promotion of NTY 2011, Nepal took part in 25 international tourism fair,seven in Europe,two in America,six in India and 10 in Asia.

Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) informed that around 700,000 tourists arrived in Nepal in the last seven-month period, a sign that Nepal is on track for the target of bringing one million tourists in 2011. NTB expressed hope that one million tourists will visit Nepal by this year-end.

It was informed that out of Rs 130 million announced in this year’s budget, Rs 30 million will be spent on promotional activities in China, Rs 60 million in India and the remaining Rs 40 million in other countries, including advertising in CNN and BBC.

According to Ratish Chandra Lal Suman, TIA’s general manager, the problem occurred when an aircraft landed on the section where a chemical called ‘premix’ was applied for repai. The  chemical was applied at around 5 am .However,before the chemical dried,the aircraft landed on the section at around 9am,damaging it.

According to TIA source,the problem forced four international flights to divert,while two domestic aircrafts scheduled for Janakpur and Biratnagar sector were delayed.

This is the fifth time that the TIA runway has disintegrated in two months.Following repeated problems ,the parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC)on June 29 had summoned the director general of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal(CAAN),the tourism secretary,TIA general manager and consultants and contractors.PAC members even inspected the runway and the helopad amid growing concern over the status of the country’s only international airport

Source: http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2011/07/30/money/tia-runway-falls-apart-for-fifth-time-in-2-months/224631.html