KATHMANDU — A cable car line is being built to serve the mountaintop temple of Pathibhara Devi, a popular pilgrimage destination for Hindus in eastern Nepal. But the area is also revered by the region ...

In Nepal, a recent push to build cable cars to boost tourism in natural beauty spots carries significant environmental costs. A controversial cable car project has been proposed in Mukkumlung, ...

Indigenous people and rights activists continue to oppose a multi-million-dollar government plan to construct a cable car over a forested hill, which local people consider their sacred land. Activists ...

Nepal’s Supreme Court recently discontinued its interim order that had earlier halted the construction of a cable car project opposed by Indigenous Limbu communities over its potential cultural and ...

Negotiations to end the controversy over a project to build a cable car to the mountaintop shrine of Mukkumlung/Pathibhara in Taplejung have stalled. The 2.7km project is set to go from Phungling up ...