Vijay

Every year monsoon passes in Nepal with monsoon induced disasters such as flood and landslides taking human lives and dismantling the overall socio-economic aspect of people living in disaster hit areas. This year, as whole country was in the midst of battle against the global pandemic, the scenario was not different. We were frequently acquainted with the news of new deaths, people left missing and displaced livelihoods caused by such disasters. As per data from the ministry of home affairs, floods and landslides causes the death of approximately 300 people   and economic damage of about three million dollars annually – adding to an already precarious situation in Nepal, where an estimated 3.5 million people are food insecure.   Why Nepal is often hit by climate change induced disasters? Nepal being characterized by rugged topography ,weak geological formations, concentrated monsoon rains and unscientific land   utilization is very prone to hydro-meteorological haz...

  Very few might had thought COVID-19 which engendered Wuhan city of china would dismantle the whole world in a worst way like this. At the scenario where supreme powers being concerned in strengthening the military forces and making decent economic progress, while some climate activists voicing upon radical steps to be taken for combating climate related issues, it was the tiny corona virus that proliferated too rapidly eventually taking the form of global pandemic and subsequently paralyzing the whole world. Curfews, quarantines, and similar restrictions (lockdown, shutdown) of various degrees were imposed in the areas hit by the pandemic and the areas prone to pandemic. Nepal also took an early measure initially ordering 7 days lockdown since march 24 and is subsequently extended in various forms till now. These measures have surely helped in limiting the health crisis, but in a broader sense assessment of overall impact it have laid in socio economic aspect of human life is f...