Archana Gurung
Kathmandu, December 31: As Nepali winter has set, the mornings and evenings are started to get colder. Except cold, winter in Nepal also brings an increase in power cuts. The city turns dark due to certain hours of daily loadsheeding and people are either compelled to work in darkness or let to sit ideally in absence of light. It’s a major problem that we have been facing from many years. Another major problem is the water shortage. Majority of city areas are dependent to Sundarijal water project for clean drinking water. So water shortage starts as soon as the water level decreases in Sundarijal and it lasts till the following monsoon. In addition, we have the regular strikes going on which gives sometimes problems in obtaining diesel, petrol, gas and other food staffs. Pollution and traffic jams are also the problems being faced. Criminal activities like theft, robbery, kidnapping, abduction, also makes the city life much harder. The number of road accidents due to poor weather condition is even being the city’s major problem.
