Sharada Adhikari  
The Himalayan Times  

"No chemical fertilisers are needed for a good harvest."
This may sound unbelievable at first, but if one visits the farm of Jiban Maharjan at Sanagaun of Siddhipur village in Lalitpur, one will see it to be true.
A farmer's son who did not want to continue in the family profession, Maharjan says, "The wise use of human urine always gives you a good yield."

 

Meena Pokharel, a local woman of Darechowk-7, Chitwan District has increased the yield of vegetable production by applying urine in her cultivars. She has been sprinkling her crops with diluted urine solution for last five months.
According to her, she learnt about the use of urine from a training programme organized in Darechowk VDC few months ago. She was not familiar to the nutritive value of urine before that training.

Stone spouts (dhungedhara) seen in different places of Kathmandu Valley are not only fine examples of unique Nepali architecture, but were one of the most reliable sources of water for the denizens. Dry and abandoned, some of these stone spouts have disappeared while some have become dumping sites.
Some communities, realizing the importance of these stone spouts, have shown initiatives to conserve the structures that are also our heritage, however, many are still to realise the significance they bear.

Through community effort, the traditional Newar community of Shrikhandapur village has proved that liquid waste can generate income and save environment, if managed wisely. Kavrepalanchowk has been facing the inevitable side effect of urbanisation – river pollution. The local Punyamata River, flowing from Banepa to Panauti through Shrikhandapur, which is considered a holy river, has been the victim of this.