Terai Madhesh

HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Aiming to promote Danusha district and the entire Tarai region of Nepal, the Nepal Development Society (NDS) has produced two documentaries that tell about the cultural, religious and other aspects of that place. The documentaries entitled Aitihasik, Dharmik Tatha Paryatakiya Chhetra Danusha and Uttarayani Mela Dekhi Bandipur Mela Samma, were launched amidst a programme organised at Shital Niwas on November 4. According to the documentary makers, the documentaries aim to enhance economical situation of Nepal by promoting the assets of the Tarai region which can be an attraction for national and international tourists. One of the documentaries, Aitihasik... has captured the scenic beauty of Jankpurdham, Uttardham, Nepal’s first and only railway station, and of water bodies. Also genuine as well as funny comments of the audience have been included in the documentary which make it interesting. Chief guest President Dr Ram Baran Yadav exp...

KATHMANDU, Nov 2: The government has decided to bring Janakpur Railway Company (JRC), which operates Janakpur-Jainagar railway, under the purview of Department of Railway (DoR) in the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MoPPW). A cabinet meeting held immediately after the India visit of Prime Minister Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai took the decision, paving the way for DoR to oversee management of the country´s sole and oldest rail service, which has been so far under the Ministry of Labor and Transport Management (MoLTM). “The government made the decision keeping in view the need to appoint a single authority, which is DoR now, to oversee all railway matters. This decision has ended all practical problems in managing the sector, which till now involved different agencies in its management,” Ram Kumar Lamsal, director general of DoR, told Republica on Tuesday. Lamsal said the DoR will devise plans fo...