Manisha Panday

Avoiding polythene.

"Carrying clothes bag instead of polythene"

I once visited a nearby dumping site where I saw a hill of waste mostly plastic then I thought , I am not using plastics onward. In addition after the incident I didn't ask shopk

Compulsory to plant one tree

"Sustainability week celebration"

One of my classmate initiated a program named , sustainability week. I too become a member of that sustainability week committee. On the prestigious day - June 5 ( Environment Day)

Importance of Air Education

"Environmental Awareness program among school students."

Talking about sustainable development , we were taught that the development should be done on a way, by preserving the resources for future generations too. But if we talk about e

Educated but Careless

"The concept of "My pocket My Dustbin" is lost."

While walking on highways we barely find dustbins . When we walk in inner remote roads we don't find any. The thing is, we find easy to throw the waste on the ground without think

Black smoke

"Residential area surrounded by industries."

The residential areas are surrounded by the industries, the black smoke in the air is increasing the risk of respiratory disease , the waste water coming from the industries is bei

Cleanups

"The bushes are getting clean to enhance the growth of other plants."

The workers under the "Prime Minister employment program " are engaged in the cleanup of canals. The government showing interest on the topic i.e environment protection initiates

Plants taking Co2

"Human contributed carbon dioxide while plants gave oxygen."

Every day I see at least one place where either waste is burn or waste is thrown, the exact behaviour developed within us which transparently shows that we definitely lack civic

Farming land burn

"The farming land is been cleaned by burning the remains of crops."

After the harvesting of crops the remained part is collected in a specific place and is burn . As the farmers have a busy schedule during the farming session, it becomes compulsor

जङ्गल नै Dustbin

"विलिप्त हुदै गरेको जङ्गलको सुन्दरता"

पाल्पाको नुवाकोटमा trekking गर्दै गर्दा प्रकृतिको सुन्दरताका साथै त्यहा दुर्गन्ध र फोहोर पनि देखियो। बुटवलको बैशाख र जेठ महिनाको गर्मी छल्नका लागि धेरै जसो जाने ठाँउ भनेकै नुवाकोट

Wood used in cooking

"Fire wood is still favorite"

In the side stalls and small lodges, the woods are still used to cook food items. As it is said the food cooked on woods are more tasty , it may be the reason why people still use

Dead pets on canal.

"Pet animals are not buried after death they are thrown away"

Pets are loved when they are alive, when they die they are just thrown somewhere. Where, its a responsibility of the owner to take care of the pet while they were alive and its als

Canal filled with plastic

"The waste flows more than water in the Canal."

I was walking on the footpath, a canal was there in its side. I made a quick look towards it, and it made me surprised . The incident that shocked me was the amount of waste thrown

Greenery

"The eye catchy green view."

Just a few kilometers from the Siddhartha highway, we can get a chance to see the beautiful green view in the morning. The highway and the place near to it have very few trees. Liv

A collective effort

"Youths on spot to make the forest area clean."

The Charange, a forest covered place famous among youths. This place is green, peaceful and attractive. The people visit this place, make videos, take photos and enjoy but they do

Burning instead of cutting

"The bushes are burned instead of keeping them to get dissolved in the soil naturally"

For many of us taking a lighter and burning the bushes is a easy way to get rid of them. But we are not ready to wait, till the time they get dissolved in the soil naturally by cut

Hills and fresh air

"Escaping chaos and finding peace."

The noise, pollution and crowd of city makes me sick. I always wanted to live in a peaceful and natural place with organic life. So, I went to the hills , though for few days the f

Jungle as a dumping site

"Waste is a shouldnot part of nature today."

When I visited Supadeurali located on Arghakhachi district , the place was fascinating but when we walked 2km towards Narpani, the place for gathering of visitors after completing

Smoke of waste burn

"The scene from my college every Monday."

I have my morning class, my college is near to hills but whenever I see the hills I get distracted by the smoke that comes from the waste burned by resident near to the area . The

Greenery

"Polluted City protected by greenary."

Every Saturday joining the cleanup campaign, we sometimes go to canal cleanup, forest cleanups and so on. But whenever I see green forest covered with waste I doubt peoples thought

Lumbini

"Lumbini - The heritage covered by industries"

In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of Nepal delivered an important decision that within the 15 km radius of Lumbini no new industries will be established and the established i

Awareness program

"Reaching thousands student to aware about environment."

Reaching school level students to share laws, rights and incidents related to environment . The young minds are unaware of the surrounding and the environment, the constitution gu

Peace

"The silent, peaceful university area near Lumbini."

I was on an event of my university which is located near to the Lumbini- the birth place of Gautam Buddha. The serene is mind-blowing peaceful and charming. If we just sit there fo

Is burning waste a good option?

"Many people still prefer to burn waste rather than keeping them for waste collecting tractors of municipality"

The resident of city areas still prefer to burn the waste. I walk around 30 minutes every morning to my home from college in that period I see 2-3 people burning waste. As we all k

ButwalMay 2026

Dumping site

"Waste is sent to landfill and burnt to make space to throw waste in the same spot"

I was walking in the Siddhartha highway after finishing my morning class in college. I saw dense black smoke coming from the another side of the highway. As I am concerned about th

TaulihawaMay 2026

Air quality in Bhairahawa

"The air quality index in Siddharthanagar, Rupandehi reaches upto 151."

Siddharthanagar, Bhairahawa or Lumbini being the most industries comprising places. The AQI and it's impact over this place though has been highlighted even by supreme court o