NEPAL

2011-12-12T00:27:00.001-08:00

NEPAL IS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY

Kathmandu valy

2010-08-24T22:53:00.000-07:00

Kathmandu is capital of Nepal.Kathmandu

LANGTANG NATIONAL PARK:

2010-08-22T19:49:00.002-07:00

Langtang national park, gazetted n 1977 with an area of 1,710 sq. km represent the central Himalayan ecosystem. Though it is often considered as a high Himalayan park, a full complement of mid-hill flora and fauna are also found in the southern wide part and deep river valleys lying below 3000 masl with a wide altituadinal variation ranging from 1000 to 7245 masl, the park hosts great flora and faunal diversity, from sub-tropical forests to alpine scrubs and perennial snow where as many as 32 species of manamals, 246 species of birds, and 15 endemic plant species are found. As the people in Langtang area produce enough food only to last a quarter of the annual requirement, forests serve as seasonal sources of food medicine fodder. Fuelwood and utility tools .

There trekking areas,. Lngtang Helambu and Gosainkunda Lake from the major trekking routes in the national park and the southern Helambu region. All these routes catet to both free independent trakkers hiking rangion from there days to there weeks duration (rai 2000). The MoCTCA data shows that altogether 8165 third country tourists, 798 people visited the park during 2007 (MoCTCA,2007). Therefore, this park has yet to make further efforts for gaining popularityh as tourist destination

SAGARMATHA (EVERST) NATIONAL PARK:

2010-08-22T19:49:00.000-07:00

Mt Everst

Established in 1976, Sagarmatha (Mt. Everst) National prk is spread over an aea of 1,148 sq.km in the high Himalayan Region of Nepal. The park includes the upper catchment areas of the Dudhkoshi and Bhotekoshi rivers and is largely composed of rugged terrain and gorges, ranging form 2,845m at monjo to Mt. Everst the to of the world-Sagarmatha at 8,848 m. Other peaks in the region that are above 8,000m. include Lhotse pumori and amadablam . these mountain are geologically young and are broken up by gorges and glacial valleys.

The vegetation include pine and bemlock forests at lower elevations, while fir, juniper, birch and rhododendron, and juniper scrub, and alpine plant communities are common at higher altitude. The park is home to Red Panda, snow leopard, Musk Deer, Himalayan thar,marten, Himalayan mouse Here and over 118 bird species including the impeyan pheasant. Blood pheasant, Red billed chough and yellow billed chough and many more.

World famed sherp people , whose lies are ineroven with the teachings of Buddhism, constitute the cultural attraction of the region. Teaching and learning and are site of special significance to celebrate religious festivals such as Dumje and mane Rumdu. In addition, thame, Khumjung and pangboche are other famous monasteries of the region.

Government of Neapal declared a buffer zone around the park in 2002 with the objective of reducing biotic pressure on the slow growing vegetation and to enchance people’s participation in nature conservation. The government has also made a provision of ploughing back 30-50 percent of the revenue earned by the park to community development activities in the buffer zone . the buffer zone conserve biodiversity throught active local participation.

BANDIPUR IN NEPAL

2010-08-22T19:43:00.000-07:00

InFour decades ago Bandipur was the main trade center in all of gandaki zone. Till 2025 BS Bandipur was the headquarter of Tanalhun district. Until 1950’s bandipur was a prosperous trading center and an important transit point on the India-Tibet trade route. The business link of Bandipur had extension from Tibet, the Autonomous Region of people’s Republic of China to Indian’s Narkatiya. This hilltop city was chosen a stopover for the traders as it was free from the malaria.

The Newars developed Bandipur as a main transit point of India-Tibet trade and gradually the place changed into a Newars Settlement with flourished culture and tradition. Bandipur, an ancient newari mountain Town, is a treasure waiting to be discovered by curious travelers. Untouched by modernization and laced with an abundance of ancient houses, temples of great significance and historical architecture , this small and beautiful medieval-era town boasts festivals all year round this and a plethora of culture offerings. Neighbouring Magars, Gurung Bahun,.Chhetris, Damai, Sarki village all contribute to the cultural diversity of the region. The hill top town not only overlook the incredible The marshyangdi River valley but also offers a breathtaking sweep of the Himalayan range from Langtang in the east to Dhaulagiri in the west. Someone has rightly described Bandipur as a Annapurna range. From nearby hilltops one can see as far as Manakamana and Gorkha to the east and the great chitwan valley to the south.

CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK

2010-08-22T19:41:00.001-07:00

The chitwan National park spread over area of 932 sq. km is know for its sal ramnant pure forest of (shorea Robusta), riverine forests and grasslands. The park hosts 570 species of flowering plants, 40 species of mammals, 486 bird species,17 reptles and 68 fish species (DNPWC,2002f) because of the occurrence of many endangered plant species such as the tree fern, screw pine and several rare orchids and endangered mammals such as tiger, rhino, wild elephant ,gaur, striped hyena ,sloth bear and gangeic dolphin, it was declared a world heritage site in 1983.

Due to its closeness to the capital and its collection of valuable wildlife, the park has been one of the major attractions for tourists in Nepal. There were altogether 86,433 visitors to the park in 2007 of which 22,964 were domestic visitors (MoCTCA,2007(, this data suggest that this destination is gaining popularity among Nepalese too. Its outside of the park area. While there are seven hotels/resorts inside the park, over 60 of such accommodations are in operation outside the park these hotels and lodges have added greatly to the duel wood demand, which is estimated to be 452000 kg annually (yonzon, 2000). Therefore, tourism has been putting pressure on local forests.

The declaration of buffer zone and its management with the active participation of local communities has been effective in easing pressure on the national park. Natuaral resource management, community development, tourism infrastructure development are some of the key activities of the buffer zone management . Ecotourism initiatives in particular have been very successful.

AGRICULTURAL IN NEPAL

2010-08-22T19:39:00.000-07:00

Nepal, since time immemorial has been an agricultural country. People have been engaged in the growing of rice, wheat, maize and sugarcane. The farmers have also been engaged in growing other crops and vegetables.

Farming ins done mostly in the terai region, but farmers are to be found in the hills too. They engage in terrace farming. Most of the farmers grow rice as it is the staple food of the Nepalese.

Serious problems plague the farmers of Nepal. The first problem being that the farmers are uneducated and have not resorted to modern methods of farming. This has led to obsolete methods of farming being continued, which in turn has neither improved the crops nor has it improved yield. New kinds of manure and soil improvement techniques have not been introduced. They still use the ancient plough and oxen to plough their fields. New and improved seeds are available but our farmers are unaware of such development, so they continue using the old type of sees and methods. This means that the yield can go down but never up. Another problem is that farming does not pay very rich dividends so most young men and women are not seeking careers as farmers. The irrigational facilities also are poor; hence the crops fail when there is a lack of rainfall.

Takeoff and landing. Airplanes regularly carry several hundred passengers. Helicopeter, however, wake off vertically and can move in any direction. Helicopters require a very small takeoff or landing space, and most helicopters carry a maximum of twenty passengers. Specially built airplanes and helicopters can land on water too.

Airplanes are good for quick and luxurious travel. Supersonic concords can fly faster than the speed of sound. Helicopter, on the other hand can take us to a remote area or the top of a mountain. Helicopters are used for rescue operations on mountains or the sea.

Because of the great differences between airplanes and helicopters, each is used for a specific purpose airplanes and helicopters. Therefore, are both important form s of air travel.

DEMOCRACY IN NEPAL

2010-08-22T19:37:00.000-07:00

The former president of the united states of America, Abraham Lincoln, best described a democratic from of governance. He said, “ it is a government of the people , for the people and by the people”. It could not have been described in totality with such an economy of words.

The world over, democracy is regarded an ideal form of Government. It is Government formed by elected representatives. The people, in people, in a free and fair election elect these representatives. Any number of people are allowed to contest the election. These contestants normally belong to political parties but there can be independent candidates too with no affiliation to any political party. These elected representatives then elect a leader to lead them in parliament. The king appoints the leader of the majority party the prime Minister. The king the appoints the council of ministers on the advice of the prime minister. The party or parties coming second also elect the leader of the opposition. The leader of the opposition is sometimes also known as the “shadow prime minister.”

In a democracy, the general public have the freedom to speech, movement, economy and religion. Freedom of speech entails the freedom to express oneself and make one’s views known freely and publicly. It also means that the press have a freedom of movement means the general public can move and settle in any part of the country without having to take permission from the authorities, economic freedom means that the people can engage in any kind of economic activity. Freedom of religion means that the people can practice any religion they please without having to fear harassment from the Government.

Nepal has experienced democracy for the last 10-12 years and it seems that the political leaders have squandered away the democratic freedom that thy were entitled to. They spent their valuable time fighting among themselves and quarrelling with opposition parties. Valuable time has been lost some of the illiterate people misunderstood the notion democracy and thought that one could do whatever they felt like doing and as a result there was lawlessness everywhere and corruption was rampant. The national exchequer’s money was squandered away without any thought for the nation and relatives of political leaders were given plump contracts. In a way the rich become richer and the poor become poorer.

For democracy to function in Nepal people must know the basic tenets and they must know how to vote and they should also know about the ideologies of the different political parties. For this to happen people should be educated and even the people living in the villages should have access to formal education. The general public should be aware that the power to install and dethrone a government is in their hands.

The Nepalese people can do a lot for democracy to flourish. But before that can happen all the corrupt leaders and tainted politicians must not be allowed to stand for elections and they should be barred for the rest of their lives. If the Nepalese people are given to understand the working of democracy, then the future of democracy is good in Nepal.

TOURISM IN NEPAL

2010-08-22T19:35:00.000-07:00

Nepal is one of the most famous tourist destination of the world. Tourist from all over world come her mostly to trek across and climb the world famous Himalayas. Many of the local people depend on tourism for their livelihood.

The first and the foremost in Nepali tourism is the mighty Himaliyas. It is the tallest mountain range of the world and has the tallest peaks like the Everest,Annapurna, Knchenjunga and Dhaulagiri. The are the main mountain that attract the tourists. They come from all cornes of the globe to see and stay among the tallest peaks of the world. They also trek across the mountain trails to far off villages that are not accessible, either by vehicle or airplanes. They see and study the culture and the way the people in the villages live.

Thee Himalayas are not only famous for its mountains. It is renowned the world over for its flora and fauna. ‘spiny babbler’ is a bird that is found only in Nepal. The variety of plant and animal life is numerous and different. One can also find a lot of scientists and conservationists camping in the Himalayas,collecting haven for people who want to study the flora. Besides the Himalayas, the tourists also go to the Royal chitwan national park to see the rhinos, elephants tigers and deer in their natural habitat. The Royal chitwn national park also house the ethnic tharu people. These people ae sturdy and hardworking. They are also immune to malaria. The tharus’ are a very good living example of people living in harmony with nature. It is one of the most successful conservation projects in Nepal.

A lot of the Nepalese are directly or indirectly dependent on the tourists for their livelihood. The people involved in the travel trade are directly dependent on the tourist for their livelihood. these are peop0le who are involved in chalking out an itinerary for tourists and making their travel arrangements. Other people work as guides and porters when the tourists go on treks or sightseeing. People who won and work in hotels are also directly dependent on tourism. This kind of dependency and livelihood is directly related to the number of tourists coming to Nepal. More the tourists, better the business.

Other people who are indirectly involved in the industry are cab drives, rickshaw pullers, shopkeepers and others. These people are not totally dependent on tourism for their livelihood but will thrive if tourism is good.

We can safely conclude that quite a number of people are directly or indirectly dependent on tourism and it plays a vital role in the economy of the nation. An increase in direct earning of the people and country, so we have to try our best to encourage the foreigners to come and visit our country.