Noise, dust and fear. Bethanchok battles crusher plants

Unregulated stone quarries in Bethanchok and Panauti in Kavrepalanchok have put schools, homes, and lives at risk. Residents call for urgent action.

A stone quarry is operating near a school building. Classes are going on inside, but neither the students can hear their teachers well nor can teachers understand the students due to the thunderous noise of the crusher machine.