4. RINGMO DOLPA
The majority of Dolpa lies behind the rain
shadow of the Dhaulagiri Himal (range) and is
high altitude desert, strongly reminiscent of
Tibet.
5. RARA LAKE
Rara Lake is Nepal’s largest lake with a circumference of approximately 13km. it
is home to otters and the fish that feed them, and is an important resting place for
migrating water fowl
13. Difficult to believe
• All visitors see only the small part of the country that derives consider
able economic benefits from tourism
• The majority of rural population are subsistence or below subsistence f
1 armers.
• Casual visitors never see, the majority of Nepal's population lives in
abject poverty
• Nepal remains one of the ten least developed countries.
2
• High mortality rate is the lack of emergency medical facilities
particularly in rural regions of the country
• It would be impossible to meet friendlier and more charming people in
3 any other country.
34. AMBULANCEOF
RURAL
PEOPLE
Up to 42 % of deaths in
Nepal are due to chronic
diseases such as heart
disease, stroke, diabetes, a
nd cancer, and by 2030
rates are expected to
climb to
66.3 %, according to the
Nepal Public Health
Foundation.
35. FIRST DAY IN WORLD
STRIKE
MOTHER & NEW BORN BABY ARE
WAITING FOR AMBULANCE
36. TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDER
IS THIS RIGHT WAY ?
SINCE 10 YRS
FAMILY DON’T HAVE MONEY TO GO TO HOSPITAL
JAMAN S. ADHIKARI, UDAYAPUR
40. GREEN FOREST
In retrospect, in 2009, 2,137 fires were reported
in Nepal, consuming more than 146,742
hectares of forest area.
Almost 25.4% of its land area covered with
forests.
63. HABITAT OF ANIMAL AND BIRD
JAGADISPUR RESERVOIR
The site provides important resident, wintering and stopover habitats for waders, other water-
birds, and small passerines. Noteworthy are the grebes, cormorants, herons and egrets (including
the rare bittern Ixobrychus cinensis), storks, ducks and geese, terns and gulls, birds of
prey, rails, coot and water hens, Jacanas, as well as cranes and kingfishers.
Forty-two fish species belonging to 6 orders, 18families and 34
general were recorded during the investigation period, comprising of
38 indigenous and4 exotic species.
108. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Amarawati Dhar, who is regularly beaten by
her husband, sits on her bed in the cow shed
Every month about seven women are admitted to the 10-bed burns unit of
Birr Hospital in Kathmandu having been torched or acid burned, mostly
by their husbands. ''There are many women that come in and say that it
was suicide attempt because they are afraid of what will happen to them
if their husband's go to jail, it's so hard to get the truth,'' says Rumi
Rajbhandari, coordinator of Burns Violence Survivors Nepal.
112. CAN YOU
GUESS WHAT Drinking water
SHE IS
CARRYING
According to government
statistics, more than 4.4
million people do not have
regular access to safe
drinking water in rural and
urban areas.
