A ‘national pride’ highway meets Indigenous resistance in ancient Nepali town
via news.mongabay.com
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KHOKANA — For generations, Manhera Shrestha’s family has cultivated the same ancestral land in Khokana, an ancient settlement perched on the southern edge of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. Life here has long been rooted in the land and its harvest. But in 2016, a land acquisition notice issued by the government carried an ominous warning: a […]