Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Development regions of nepal.


Nepal is a under developed country.Division of the country into development regions is not complete task of development.the development works,should be carried out to the aims of creating development regions and need of development regions.There are five development regions in nepal which are as follows:

1.Eastern development regions:About 21% of this development region is utilized for agriculture.More than 80% people of this development region are engaged in agriculture.The farmers have been provided training,fertilizer,insecticides and pesticides to increase the production of crop.the cash crop like tea,jute,sugarcane etc are given emphasis.

2.Central development region:Many development activities have been done in this region.22% land of this region is utilized for farming.High number of people are engaged in agriculture.Many people are encouraged for cash crops.Agricultural farms have been established in parwanipur and janakpur.Industry and commerce is growing in janakpur,hetauda,birgunj,kathmandhu,banepa,trisule etc.Development works is growing rapidly in this region

3.Mid western development region:Only 8% land of this region is utilized for cultivation.Agricultural activites done in this region are very traditional.This region has become the most backwardly developed region of nepal.However cash crops are cultivated hereLocal people with the help of ngos n ingos are improving the quality of crops n their lifestyles.This development region has vast potential for developing tourism.

4.Western development region:Wheat,maize,barley,potato etc are produced in substainal amount in many parts of this region.Sugarcane and mustard are main casg crop here.Annapurna regions have been developed as tourist centres.It is the most famous trekking route.The industrially famous towns of this region are bhairahawa,pokhara,butwal and tansen.This region is developing gradually.

5.Far western development region:Besides food crop like wheat and maize,the terai region people of this region also cultivate tubacco,sugarane and mustard.Preapring ghee is the main work of people living in hilly region.A network of roads have been earthened from dhangadi to baitadi,darchula and bajhang.In this region there were 844 primary schools,259 lower secondary school and 149 secondary schools in 2000 ad.AN 8 year project has been launched in the far western development region with the cooperation of the government of denmark.This region is also developing gradually..

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Efforts made in health services in nepal

Nepal was isolated from the rest of the world for a long time.After introduction of democracy in 1951 nepal expose itself to the world.In nepal hospital was first introduced in1890 known as bir hospital.Goverment has set up aseperate ministry,department and formulated plans and policies to maintain good health of people.Thera are regional hospitales,zonal hospitals and district hospitals in several part of the kingdom.Neplease government has implemented health policies under which are conducted programmes like basic health services,medical services and public awareness programmes.International agencies like WHO,UNICEF,UMN,INF etc have also been giving valuable contributions to improve health condition of nepal.

In this way,some efforts have been made at government level to improve the health condition of people.At the same time,several international organizations have been giving voulantary services in nepal to improve the health of nepal.Industries like golcha,dugar and chaudary group distributes medicine time to time.Organizations like nepal chamber of commerce,lons club,rotary club etc also organise programmes to provide free medical treatment and free distribution of medicine to people.

Geographical regions of nepal


Nepal is a small country.it is a world in itself.There r three geographical regions in nepal which consists of many lakes,himalays,rivers,mountains,temples etc.The three geographical regions in nepal are terai,hilly and himalayan region.


1. Terai region:It lies in the southern part of the country and occupies about 17% of the total land area of the country.it consists of about 40% fertile land.It produces many types of cropes and finally supplies large amount in capital.Almost 90% of the people are ingaged in agriculture here.


2. Hilly region:This region is located in the middle part of the country.This region is the biggest region among three region.It occupies about 68% of the total land area.Capital is located in this region.Valleys like kathmandhu,pokhara,nuwakot,lalitpur,bhaktapur etc are located here.This region is good for agriculture and settlement.This region is highely populated.This region is better for fruit culture rather than agriculture


3. Himalyan region: This region lies in north part of the country and covers mountainous areas.It occupies about 15%of the total land area but only 2% is arable here.The land is very cold,covered with rugged surface and snow.The alltitute ranges between 4,877 metre to 8,848 metre above sea level.This region also consists of a large number of magnificent snow covered mountainsincluding the highest and third highest peak in the world Mount everest and Kanchanjunga.This regions contains many pastures,passes,small lakes,glacies and falls.It is,therefore suitable for animal rearing and tourism.

History of pashupatinath temple(पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर)


Nepal is a small country located between big huge country india and china.Being small also it have a great significance in world.Nepal is highly rich in geography, culture, and religions .Hinduism is practiced by a greater majority of people in Nepal.

Pashupatinath temple( (पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर) is the biggest and most visited temple of lord shiva in the world.It is located in the banks of bagmati river at the middle of the kathmandu valley.It is visited by lots of visitor around the world every year. Due to its beauty it is listed in UNESCO world heritage sites.

Pashupatinath is the olddest n most famous temple in kathmandhu.It has an amazing history about its existence that all believe.Once upon a time lord shiva became tired of his old palace kailashnath at top of himalays.He went to searh for new palace where he would escape to.Then he find kathmandhu as a suitable place.Without telling anyone he ran away from his palace to live in kathmandhu valley.Before the other gods find him he turned himself as a deer.All gods asked for help with him but he didnot listened.When shiva didnot listened to their pleas,they planned to use force in last stage.God bishnu grabbed lord shiva(Deer) by his horns n scattered horns into pieces.god vishnu then establised a linga in the bank of bagmati river by the help of broken horns.As time passed temple was burried and forgotten.After a certain time a cow was noticed to sprinkled her milk in the burried temple.When the cow herders dug the spot where the cow sprinkled milk,they found the lost linga and again built the temple which is known as pashupatinath temple.