Tanka Dhakal

Tanka Dhakal is an independent journalist based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He reports on the environment, climate change, science, health, labor migrations, and marginalized communities, including LGBTQIA+. His work has been published in NPR, The Third Pole (Dialogue Earth), IPS News, ICIJ, The Guardian, NBC News, ARIJ, Wisconsin Watch, Blue dot Living, NIMJN, Himal Khabar, Deshsanchar, Online Khabar, and Nepali Times, among others. 

Students walk past the debris, mostly plastic waste dumped into the river by the people, as the flood water recedes from the bank of Bagmati river following the deadly flood due to heavy rains, in Kathmandu, Nepal, October 2, 2024.
Urbanization

Polluted Rivers Create a Public Health Crisis in Nepal

by Tanka Dhakal

Unchecked urbanization has led to a surge of waterborne diseases among Nepal's poorest communities