Water sources in Dadeldhura district are drying up at an alarming rate due to increasing deforestation and climate change.
Nearly 60 percent of the water sources in the district have run dry within the past 19 years, according to a recent study.
Rajendra Mishra, one of the experts involved in the study, said that since the early '90s, there has been a drastic change in the rain cycle. “We're not receiving adequate rainfall and due to deforestation and other human activities here, the earth has lost its water storage capacity,” he said.
Looking at the current rate of deforestation, Mishra says, “Even rivers will start drying up within a few decades.”
Many drinking water projects in Dadeldhura have been severely affected, as the water sources here are running dry very fast. Some 28 percent population of the district still does not have access to drinking water.
According to Dal Bahadur Shahi, an engineer at Drinking ...