This is evident in the role the country has been playing over the years towards conservation of endangered flora and fauna.

Contributing to the global efforts towards conservation of endangered species, Nepal’s Chitwan National Park (CNP) has taken a landmark decision of gifting 26 rhinoceros to the different nations.

In a new update, CNP has reportedly offered six rhinos: one to America, four to India and two each to Japan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand, Austria, Britain, China and Germany, informed Ved Prasad Dhakal, Chief Conservation Officer, CNP.

With the latest move, the number of rhinos CNP has gifted to world nations so far reached 30.

As per the records, CNP gave four of its rhinos to Dudhuwa of India for the first time in 1985, followed by another pair of rhinos to Austria in 2006, among others.

Prior to this, Nepal reportedly bought elephants from Myanmar, Thailand and India in exchange of rhinos.

According to the former Chief Conservation Officer Ramprit Yadav, Nepal has so far bought 16 elephants from India alone in exchange of rhinos, and the move of gifting rhinos is part of enhancing ties with the world nations.

The step also helps in boosting the world rhino population, he says, adding that it would be great if Nepal can get Panda from China in exchange of rhinos.

Besides rhinos, Nepal also gifted gharial and magar crocodiles to various countries.

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Ambassador Richard Morris made this statement in a meeting with the BMC Mayor Bhim Parajuli and Deputy Mayor Indira Karki, recently.

Richard also congratulated BMC on its development projects and plans for future progress.

As part of the discussion, Parajuli appraised the Government of Province 1 of providing better education and health access to the poor sections of the society.

On the occasion, he also expressed his willingness to collaborate with private players towards addressing unemployment concerns and ensure overall development of Biratnagar.

BMC’s Pace of Development

BMC has been riding high on development since the recent past.

Going tech-savvy, BMC department is employing video drones to track the construction and other developmental activities across the city.

According to Parajuli, these technologically-advanced drones are being used to monitor the progress of all the past, present and future public development projects.

Video drones are being used for filming and mapping of the projects’ progress.

This project is being conducted under the Asian Development Bank’s Secondary Towns Integrated Urban Environmental Improvement Project (STIUEIP) in collaboration with a locally-renowned firm.

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This festival is coming as the 16^th edition of the Himalayan White Water Challenge (HWCC), a river rafting festival.

NARA has been organizing this festival since 2002 in different rivers and now, the 16^th HWCC festival is being held in the Trishuli River from Dhading to Chitwan.

Through this festival, NARA aims at promoting domestic and international tourism in Nepal with regard to adventurous water rafting and establish the country’s image as the best global destination for adventurous water tourism.

NARA also intends to enhance the skills of river guides and athletes using this platform.

Apart from Nepal, the championship is being supported by river guides from different countries such as India, Japan, America, Dubai, Turkey, Italy, Britain and Iceland, and a total of 500 athletes are expected to participate.

The championship will be held in four categories and the winner of each category will be awarded with a cash prize of Rs 100,000, followed by Rs 50,000 and Rs 30,000 for the second and third positions, respectively.

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