The Chure range, also known as the Siwalik Hills, stretches from east to west along Nepal’s southern border. It’s an important ecological area plagued with a dire water crisis and environmental degradation.
Earlier this year, a group of twenty-two campaigners walked from Bardaha (Saptari) to Kathmandu, determined to demand solutions for their homeland’s urgent problems. To highlight their stand, they staged a sit-in at Maitighar, carrying empty buckets, jerrycans, and pitchers adorned with the faces of the absent political leaders who should, according to the protesters, intervene immediately. ‘Where are you?’ their slogans asked. ‘We are here!’
