Author: Purushottam P. Khatri

Purushottam P. Khatri Kathmandu, Apr 15 : A team of the Armed Police Force Nepal (APF) can be seen cordoning off the area near the premises of the Department of Forest and Soil Conservation at Babarmahal for the past 15 years just for two red sandalwood-loaded trucks. These sandalwoods seized while being smuggled from India to China via Nepal has become a matter of headache for the government. Chief of the Division of Participatory Forest Office and the Joint-Secretary of the Ministry of Forest and Environment, Dr. Sindhu Prasad Dhungana, said the seized red sandalwood has become almost a ‘headache’…

The Kathmandu-Terai-Madhes-Fast-Track (Expressway) Road Project (KTFT) has been making a very slow progress, resulting in a massive cost overrun.