An old battle of wills playing out in Jhapa

The district’s decades-long human-elephant conflict calls for a more sustainable solution rather than the ad hoc measures currently being adopted.

If you look at Nepal’s map, on its far-eastern corner lies the Kakarbhitta border point, which was recently connected to the six-lane Asian Highway. Moving forward by crossing the Mechi river, one gets to Siliguri in India and from there on to the state of Assam and Myanmar. Bangladesh is about 20-22km east, and Bhutan, a bit further up. But we aren’t going in that direction; we are rather heading up north, along the Mechi banks in Jhapa district.