In Nepal, artificial ponds offer drought relief despite lingering doubts
via news.mongabay.com
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KATHMANDU — Until the summer of 2024, residents of Rajabahs village in Nepal’s southeastern Madhesh province reeled under a water shortage for more than eight years as wells and springs dried up amid extreme summer heat. “We didn’t even have enough to drink, let alone bathe or wash clothes or irrigate our fields,” farmer Kul […]