Nepal’s Supreme Court halts industrial development in Buddha’s birthplace

Mongabay
Aug 29, 2025, 11:48 am189 ptsTrendingTop
KATHMANDU — Whenever Chandra Prakash Pathak visits neighboring farms in his hometown of Lumbini, in southwestern Nepal, he sees a thick blanket of black smog. The problem is more severe in winter, when the country doesn’t receive much rainfall. “The farmland is also covered in dust from the manufacturing…

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