Pouring destruction

Floods will be recurring tragedies if we do not act on them immediately.

The monsoon brings much-awaited relief to Nepali farmers in this predominantly agro-based country. Welcoming the rain is marked with fanfare and a special rice planting ceremony on Ashad 15 (usually falling at the end of June or the beginning of July), with people singing and dancing to welcome the monsoon. On the flip side, the issue is rather bleak; it is the perennial affair of overcoming the problems inflicted by constant rain, floods in the plains and landslides in the hills, and loss of lives and destruction of property all over.