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Beijing plans to tackle pollution in rural areas



BEIJING: Beijing authorities have started new plans to improve supervision of the rural environment by fighting contamination of pesticides and fertilizers, international media reported.

An action plan has specified 20 tasks by 2020 in the protection of drinking water sources in rural areas including installing sewage and garbage processing facilities, scaling back the use of pesticides, fertilizers and agricultural use of water and promoting public awareness of environmental protection in the countryside.

 

Publish Date : 05 April 2019 20:45 PM

Police arrest 17 individuals involved in hooliganism in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU: Police have arrested 17 individuals allegedly involved in hooligan

Dozers demolish illegal structures along Phewa Lake in Pokhara

KATHMANDU: Authorities have begun demolishing temporary structures built in violation

Power struggle intensifies in UML as Bishnu Paudel shifts stance after Oli’s arrest

KATHMANDU: A new power struggle has surfaced within the CPN-UML

Actor Sagar Lamsal arrested over rape allegation

KATHMANDU: Actor Sagar Lamsal, popularly known as Bale, has been

Ex-servicemen’s conference to begin from Sunday

KATHMANDU: The Nepali Army (NA) is set to organize its Ex-Servicemen’s