A View from the Top: The best bars to elevate your evening
By Perrie Samotin
Metromix.com
New York is a city obsessed with drinking sans ceiling, so it’s time to consider the alfresco options to get you through the summer. Since nothing beats the glamour of sky-high rooftops or the charm of sweeping balconies, we’ve highlighted a handful to heighten your open-air cocktail sensibilities.
Salon de Ning
700 Fifth Ave. at 55th St.
212-956-2888
Newly opened, this rooftop bar and lounge on the terrace of the Peninsula Hotel aims for an East-meets-West vibe. Offering panoramic views over Fifth Avenue and the Manhattan skyline, the lounge features an intimate interior bar with an eclectic art collection, and two large outdoor terraces with Chinese-style day beds. A range of signature cocktails and Asian-inspired small plates are also on hand.
Pooldeck
44 W. 63rd St. at Broadway
212-265-7400
With swimming, lounging, cocktails, massages and glittering city views, the brand new bi-level Pooldeck atop the UWS Empire Hotel is now open for business, though not necessarily yours. Hotel guests can take advantage of the spectacular, resort style space whose top level features the pool and a rows of lounge chairs, plus a lower level with a full bar and tech-ready cabanas.
Highbar
251 W. 48th St., between Broadway and 8th Ave.
212-956-1300
This swanky rooftop bar comes complete with striped seating, a backyard barbecue menu, jaunty house cocktails and private beds for lounging. The space can hold about 200 people outdoors and 75 in the lounge.
The Eagle
554 W. 28th St., between 10th and 11th avenues
646-473-1866
The newest version of this classic “Leather & Levi” bar has everything its predecessor did and more. It still
caters to a leather-loving, S&M-embracing gay crowd, to whom the phrase “check your clothes at the door” isn’t something completely absurd. The mood is gloriously dark and sleazy, and music pulsates furiously throughout the bi-level space peppered with pool tables and old motorcycles. And the beloved roof deck is a 2,000-square-foot, fully landscaped affair with a full bar, barbecued grub and scores of shirtless men.
Me’Bar
17 W. 32nd St., between Broadway and Fifth Avenue
212-290-2460
Found in bustling Koreatown, this under-appreciated bar on the 14th floor of the La Quinta Inn provides a basic approach to outdoor boozing: white picket fence, a smattering of rickety iron tables, potted plants and a wood-paneled floor. The space attracts its fair share of young commuters, but stick it out a little longer and the crowd often thins out. There’s also a very tiny, skylit indoor area with a handful of tables for those who prefer a roof overhead.
The Delancey
168 Delancey St. at Clinton St.
212-254-9920
Part rock club and part lounge, the interior is a fineenough place to grab a drink or see a show, but it’s the tropical rooftop retreat that really draws people in. Plentiful potted palms and intense, vibrant lighting give the roof a distinct Miami vibe, while a reflecting pond with frog fountains adds a Zen element.
Bookmarks
299 Madison Ave. at 41st St., 14th floor
212-983-4500
There’s something decidedly glamorous about the whole idea of cocktails on the terrace at sundown and Bookmarks — the rooftop lounge perched atop the Library Hotel — fits the bill with its stacks of classic books, greenhouse solarium and outdoor terrace. Test out the decadent specialty cocktails, such as the eponymous Bookmark: Appleton Estate Rum VX, Grand Marnier, passion fruit juice and Moet & Chandon.
230 Fifth
230 Fifth Ave., between 27th and 28th streets, penthouse
212-725-4300
This hands-down warmweather favorite sits atop an unassuming office building across from Madison Park. After steering past the lobby’s mirrored walls and Deco furnishings, head upstairs to the lush rooftop bar, a spacious palm-tree-lined terrace offering almost 360-degree views of the Midtown skyline. Pair a romli (spiced beef) slider with a golden dream martini (a $12 boozy creamsicle) while you marvel at your server’s ability to deliver flawless service in such high, high heels.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Yes, We Will Have No Bananas
Yes, We Will Have No Bananas
New York Times, June 18, 2008
By DAN KOEPPEL
ONCE you become accustomed to gas at $4 a gallon, brace yourself for the next shocking retail threshold: bananas reaching $1 a pound. At that price, Americans may stop thinking of bananas as a cheap staple, and then a strategy that has served the big banana companies for more than a century — enabling them to turn an exotic, tropical fruit into an everyday favorite — will begin to unravel.
The immediate reasons for the price increase are the rising cost of oil and reduced supply caused by floods in Ecuador, the world’s biggest banana exporter. But something larger is going on that will affect prices for years to come.
That bananas have long been the cheapest fruit at the grocery store is astonishing. They’re grown thousands of miles away, they must be transported in cooled containers and even then they survive no more than two weeks after they’re cut off the tree. Apples, in contrast, are typically grown within a few hundred miles of the store and keep for months in a basket out in the garage. Yet apples traditionally have cost at least twice as much per pound as bananas.
Americans eat as many bananas as apples and oranges combined, which is especially amazing when you consider that not so long ago, bananas were virtually unknown here. They became a staple only after the men who in the late 19th century founded the United Fruit Company (today’s Chiquita) figured out how to get bananas to American tables quickly — by clearing rainforest in Latin America, building railroads and communication networks and inventing refrigeration techniques to control ripening. The banana barons also marketed their product in ways that had never occurred to farmers or grocers before, by offering discount coupons, writing jingles and placing bananas in schoolbooks and on picture postcards. They even hired doctors to convince mothers that bananas were good for children.
Once bananas had become widely popular, the companies kept costs low by exercising iron-fisted control over the Latin American countries where the fruit was grown. Workers could not be allowed such basic rights as health care, decent wages or the right to congregate. (In 1929, Colombian troops shot down banana workers and their families who were gathered in a town square after church.) Governments could not be anything but utterly pliable. Over and over, banana companies, aided by the American military, intervened whenever there was a chance that any “banana republic” might end its cooperation. (In 1954, United Fruit helped arrange the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Guatemala.) Labor is still cheap in these countries, and growers still resort to heavy-handed tactics.
The final piece of the banana pricing equation is genetics. Unlike apple and orange growers, banana importers sell only a single variety of their fruit, the Cavendish. There are more than 1,000 varieties of bananas — most of them in Africa and Asia — but except for an occasional exotic, the Cavendish is the only banana we see in our markets. It is the only kind that is shipped and eaten everywhere from Beijing to Berlin, Moscow to Minneapolis.
By sticking to this single variety, the banana industry ensures that all the bananas in a shipment ripen at the same rate, creating huge economies of scale. The Cavendish is the fruit equivalent of a fast-food hamburger: efficient to produce, uniform in quality and universally affordable.
But there’s a difference between a banana and a Big Mac: The banana is a living organism. It can get sick, and since bananas all come from the same gene pool, a virulent enough malady could wipe out the world’s commercial banana crop in a matter of years.
This has happened before. Our great-grandparents grew up eating not the Cavendish but the Gros Michel banana, a variety that everyone agreed was tastier. But starting in the early 1900s, banana plantations were invaded by a fungus called Panama disease and vanished one by one. Forest would be cleared for new banana fields, and healthy fruit would grow there for a while, but eventually succumb.
By 1960, the Gros Michel was essentially extinct and the banana industry nearly bankrupt. It was saved at the last minute by the Cavendish, a Chinese variety that had been considered something close to junk: inferior in taste, easy to bruise (and therefore hard to ship) and too small to appeal to consumers. But it did resist the blight.
Over the past decade, however, a new, more virulent strain of Panama disease has begun to spread across the world, and this time the Cavendish is not immune. The fungus is expected to reach Latin America in 5 to 10 years, maybe 20. The big banana companies have been slow to finance efforts to find either a cure for the fungus or a banana that resists it. Nor has enough been done to aid efforts to diversify the world’s banana crop by preserving little-known varieties of the fruit that grow in Africa and Asia.
In recent years, American consumers have begun seeing the benefits — to health, to the economy and to the environment — of buying foods that are grown close to our homes. Getting used to life without bananas will take some adjustment. What other fruit can you slice onto your breakfast cereal?
But bananas have always been an emblem of a long-distance food chain. Perhaps it’s time we recognize bananas for what they are: an exotic fruit that, some day soon, may slip beyond our reach.
Mr. Koeppel is the Author of Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World
New York Times, June 18, 2008
By DAN KOEPPEL
ONCE you become accustomed to gas at $4 a gallon, brace yourself for the next shocking retail threshold: bananas reaching $1 a pound. At that price, Americans may stop thinking of bananas as a cheap staple, and then a strategy that has served the big banana companies for more than a century — enabling them to turn an exotic, tropical fruit into an everyday favorite — will begin to unravel.
The immediate reasons for the price increase are the rising cost of oil and reduced supply caused by floods in Ecuador, the world’s biggest banana exporter. But something larger is going on that will affect prices for years to come.That bananas have long been the cheapest fruit at the grocery store is astonishing. They’re grown thousands of miles away, they must be transported in cooled containers and even then they survive no more than two weeks after they’re cut off the tree. Apples, in contrast, are typically grown within a few hundred miles of the store and keep for months in a basket out in the garage. Yet apples traditionally have cost at least twice as much per pound as bananas.
Americans eat as many bananas as apples and oranges combined, which is especially amazing when you consider that not so long ago, bananas were virtually unknown here. They became a staple only after the men who in the late 19th century founded the United Fruit Company (today’s Chiquita) figured out how to get bananas to American tables quickly — by clearing rainforest in Latin America, building railroads and communication networks and inventing refrigeration techniques to control ripening. The banana barons also marketed their product in ways that had never occurred to farmers or grocers before, by offering discount coupons, writing jingles and placing bananas in schoolbooks and on picture postcards. They even hired doctors to convince mothers that bananas were good for children.
Once bananas had become widely popular, the companies kept costs low by exercising iron-fisted control over the Latin American countries where the fruit was grown. Workers could not be allowed such basic rights as health care, decent wages or the right to congregate. (In 1929, Colombian troops shot down banana workers and their families who were gathered in a town square after church.) Governments could not be anything but utterly pliable. Over and over, banana companies, aided by the American military, intervened whenever there was a chance that any “banana republic” might end its cooperation. (In 1954, United Fruit helped arrange the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Guatemala.) Labor is still cheap in these countries, and growers still resort to heavy-handed tactics.
The final piece of the banana pricing equation is genetics. Unlike apple and orange growers, banana importers sell only a single variety of their fruit, the Cavendish. There are more than 1,000 varieties of bananas — most of them in Africa and Asia — but except for an occasional exotic, the Cavendish is the only banana we see in our markets. It is the only kind that is shipped and eaten everywhere from Beijing to Berlin, Moscow to Minneapolis.
By sticking to this single variety, the banana industry ensures that all the bananas in a shipment ripen at the same rate, creating huge economies of scale. The Cavendish is the fruit equivalent of a fast-food hamburger: efficient to produce, uniform in quality and universally affordable.
But there’s a difference between a banana and a Big Mac: The banana is a living organism. It can get sick, and since bananas all come from the same gene pool, a virulent enough malady could wipe out the world’s commercial banana crop in a matter of years.
This has happened before. Our great-grandparents grew up eating not the Cavendish but the Gros Michel banana, a variety that everyone agreed was tastier. But starting in the early 1900s, banana plantations were invaded by a fungus called Panama disease and vanished one by one. Forest would be cleared for new banana fields, and healthy fruit would grow there for a while, but eventually succumb.
By 1960, the Gros Michel was essentially extinct and the banana industry nearly bankrupt. It was saved at the last minute by the Cavendish, a Chinese variety that had been considered something close to junk: inferior in taste, easy to bruise (and therefore hard to ship) and too small to appeal to consumers. But it did resist the blight.
Over the past decade, however, a new, more virulent strain of Panama disease has begun to spread across the world, and this time the Cavendish is not immune. The fungus is expected to reach Latin America in 5 to 10 years, maybe 20. The big banana companies have been slow to finance efforts to find either a cure for the fungus or a banana that resists it. Nor has enough been done to aid efforts to diversify the world’s banana crop by preserving little-known varieties of the fruit that grow in Africa and Asia.
In recent years, American consumers have begun seeing the benefits — to health, to the economy and to the environment — of buying foods that are grown close to our homes. Getting used to life without bananas will take some adjustment. What other fruit can you slice onto your breakfast cereal?
But bananas have always been an emblem of a long-distance food chain. Perhaps it’s time we recognize bananas for what they are: an exotic fruit that, some day soon, may slip beyond our reach.
Mr. Koeppel is the Author of Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World
Friday, July 04, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Student Visa Application Process
Instructions on using EVAF (Electronic Visa Application Forms)
Please read and follow the instructions below carefully. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a rejection of your application and delays in the processing of your case.
1. Download and complete the free Non-Immigrant Visa application Form DS-156, available online at www.state.gov/m/a/dir/forms/ . Be sure to click the "continue" button before printing your application. Print the completed application form using a LASER PRINTER or a HIGH QUALITY INK JET PRINTER (use of lower quality printers will make your application unusable). Bring all three printed pages when applying for the appointment. All instructions on how to use the form are available on the website.
Note: Nabil Bank will not be able to process any DS-156 (application) not filled out in the proper evisaforms format.
All male applicants between the ages of 16 – 45 must also present a completed Form DS-157. Student and exchange visitors must also submit Form DS-158. Handwritten or typed DS-157 and DS-158 are acceptable.
2. After you print your completed EVAF application forms, go any one of the six NABIL Bank branches which accept EVAF forms on behalf of the U.S. Embassy (Kathmandu, behind Namaste Supermarket in Maharjganj; Biratnagar, Birgunj, Butwal, Pokhara, or Nepalgunj) to schedule an appointment date. You will pay the non-refundable visa application fee equivalent to $131 and submit your application forms, along with a copy of your passport and your Nagarikta (if you are applying for a petition-based visa, please also submit a copy of your I-797). Nabil Bank will provide you with a fee receipt and an appointment date for your interview at the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy, located at Maharajgunj, Kathmandu. You must have your receipt for admission to the interview.
PLEASE NOTE: If the EVAF barcode on the third page of your application cannot be read, you will be required to fill out a new EVAF application. Please DO NOT tamper or spoil the barcodes printed on the EVAF forms.
3. Each applicant must possess a passport or travel document valid for at least six months after the end of the planned visit to the United States.
4. Please bring one 2”x 2” (50 mm x 50 mm) sized photograph without borders, taken against a white background.
5. Some visas, such as student (F) and exchange visitor (J) and intra-company transfer (L) visas require an additional issuance fee. Please check the visa reciprocity schedule at travel.state.gov for detailed information on visa issuance fees and bring the fee with you to the interview.
6. Please do not fax, email or mail any documents to the Consular Section. All visa applicants are responsible for their own documents.
Please Note: The Consular Section can only provide emergency appointments in the event of emergency circumstances. Please apply early to allow for your travel plans. We recommend you apply 30 to 60 days in advance of your planned travel.
If you fail to show up for your NIV interview:
If you fail to show up for your NIV interview on the given date, you can still appear for an interview at a later date without repaying the fee. The MRV appointment receipt remains valid for one year from the date you purchased it from the bank. All you have to do is either email the section at consktm@state.gov or send a fax to 4007281 and your appointment date will be rescheduled.
The Embassy normally remains operational even if there are disturbances in the city. However, if you can’t come for the interview due to disturbances such as a bandh or civil unrest, or if you feel it is unsafe to travel to the Embassy, you can always appear for another appointment date by following the aforementioned procedure.
Reference
Form I-134
SEVIS Fee
Please read and follow the instructions below carefully. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a rejection of your application and delays in the processing of your case.
1. Download and complete the free Non-Immigrant Visa application Form DS-156, available online at www.state.gov/m/a/dir/forms/ . Be sure to click the "continue" button before printing your application. Print the completed application form using a LASER PRINTER or a HIGH QUALITY INK JET PRINTER (use of lower quality printers will make your application unusable). Bring all three printed pages when applying for the appointment. All instructions on how to use the form are available on the website.
Note: Nabil Bank will not be able to process any DS-156 (application) not filled out in the proper evisaforms format.
All male applicants between the ages of 16 – 45 must also present a completed Form DS-157. Student and exchange visitors must also submit Form DS-158. Handwritten or typed DS-157 and DS-158 are acceptable.
2. After you print your completed EVAF application forms, go any one of the six NABIL Bank branches which accept EVAF forms on behalf of the U.S. Embassy (Kathmandu, behind Namaste Supermarket in Maharjganj; Biratnagar, Birgunj, Butwal, Pokhara, or Nepalgunj) to schedule an appointment date. You will pay the non-refundable visa application fee equivalent to $131 and submit your application forms, along with a copy of your passport and your Nagarikta (if you are applying for a petition-based visa, please also submit a copy of your I-797). Nabil Bank will provide you with a fee receipt and an appointment date for your interview at the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy, located at Maharajgunj, Kathmandu. You must have your receipt for admission to the interview.
PLEASE NOTE: If the EVAF barcode on the third page of your application cannot be read, you will be required to fill out a new EVAF application. Please DO NOT tamper or spoil the barcodes printed on the EVAF forms.
3. Each applicant must possess a passport or travel document valid for at least six months after the end of the planned visit to the United States.
4. Please bring one 2”x 2” (50 mm x 50 mm) sized photograph without borders, taken against a white background.
5. Some visas, such as student (F) and exchange visitor (J) and intra-company transfer (L) visas require an additional issuance fee. Please check the visa reciprocity schedule at travel.state.gov for detailed information on visa issuance fees and bring the fee with you to the interview.
6. Please do not fax, email or mail any documents to the Consular Section. All visa applicants are responsible for their own documents.
Please Note: The Consular Section can only provide emergency appointments in the event of emergency circumstances. Please apply early to allow for your travel plans. We recommend you apply 30 to 60 days in advance of your planned travel.
If you fail to show up for your NIV interview:
If you fail to show up for your NIV interview on the given date, you can still appear for an interview at a later date without repaying the fee. The MRV appointment receipt remains valid for one year from the date you purchased it from the bank. All you have to do is either email the section at consktm@state.gov or send a fax to 4007281 and your appointment date will be rescheduled.
The Embassy normally remains operational even if there are disturbances in the city. However, if you can’t come for the interview due to disturbances such as a bandh or civil unrest, or if you feel it is unsafe to travel to the Embassy, you can always appear for another appointment date by following the aforementioned procedure.
Reference
Form I-134
SEVIS Fee
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Sherchan becomes oldest Everest summiteer
Sherchan becomes oldest Everest summiteer
eKantipur, 25-May-08
BY KRISHNA REGMI
Seventy-six-year old Min Bahadur Sherchan of Nepal has set a record Sunday, becoming the oldest person to reach the summit of Mt Everest.
Sherchan got to the top of Everest at 8:40 am today with Senior Citizen Everest Expedition, said Ramesh KC, an official at the Tourism Ministry.
He beat the record held by Japanese mountaineer Katsusuke Yanagisawa. The retired school teacher was 71 years old when he reached the summit in 2007.
KC said Sherchan is descending to the base camp where he is expected to arrive on Monday or Tuesday.
Born on June 20th, 1931, in Myagdi district, Sherchan had climbed smaller mountains before his Everest feat. The former soldier has been an active sportsman as well.
In a press conference held last January, prior to setting off for the Everest climb, he said his aim was to induce senior citizens to take up the challenge and that he wanted to be a source of inspiration for the youth. “I had a strong desire to put my feet on top of Everest since early childhood,” he said.
Even in his old age, he has made a string of adventurous journeys. He traveled 202 kilometers from Kathmandu to Pokhara in four days in 2003. Likewise, he covered a distance of 1028 kilometers from Mechi River to the Mahakali River in 20 days in the same year. He scaled 5,844 meter Mt Nayakhanga Peak in 2006.
In a message posted on the website for Senior Citizen Everest Expedition, he said: “I want to galvanize the entire senile population in Nepal into enthusiasm and devotion to achieve a better life even in old age.”
“That is why I have commenced on the great mission with a great vision in a great season [spring season] to fight against the mighty Mt. Everest with the will-power of my mind and the clean energy of my heart,” he said.
KC said besides Sherchan, eight climbers, including Chunu Shrestha who was part of 10-member First Inclusive Women Sagarmatha Expedition 2008 reached atop Mt Everest today. Nine other members have already conquered the world’s tallest peak. At least 219 climbers have scaled the earth’s highest point this spring season only.
eKantipur, 25-May-08
BY KRISHNA REGMI
Seventy-six-year old Min Bahadur Sherchan of Nepal has set a record Sunday, becoming the oldest person to reach the summit of Mt Everest.
Sherchan got to the top of Everest at 8:40 am today with Senior Citizen Everest Expedition, said Ramesh KC, an official at the Tourism Ministry.
He beat the record held by Japanese mountaineer Katsusuke Yanagisawa. The retired school teacher was 71 years old when he reached the summit in 2007.
KC said Sherchan is descending to the base camp where he is expected to arrive on Monday or Tuesday.
Born on June 20th, 1931, in Myagdi district, Sherchan had climbed smaller mountains before his Everest feat. The former soldier has been an active sportsman as well.
In a press conference held last January, prior to setting off for the Everest climb, he said his aim was to induce senior citizens to take up the challenge and that he wanted to be a source of inspiration for the youth. “I had a strong desire to put my feet on top of Everest since early childhood,” he said.
Even in his old age, he has made a string of adventurous journeys. He traveled 202 kilometers from Kathmandu to Pokhara in four days in 2003. Likewise, he covered a distance of 1028 kilometers from Mechi River to the Mahakali River in 20 days in the same year. He scaled 5,844 meter Mt Nayakhanga Peak in 2006.
In a message posted on the website for Senior Citizen Everest Expedition, he said: “I want to galvanize the entire senile population in Nepal into enthusiasm and devotion to achieve a better life even in old age.”
“That is why I have commenced on the great mission with a great vision in a great season [spring season] to fight against the mighty Mt. Everest with the will-power of my mind and the clean energy of my heart,” he said.
KC said besides Sherchan, eight climbers, including Chunu Shrestha who was part of 10-member First Inclusive Women Sagarmatha Expedition 2008 reached atop Mt Everest today. Nine other members have already conquered the world’s tallest peak. At least 219 climbers have scaled the earth’s highest point this spring season only.
Balewa airport to reopen after 16 yrs
Balewa airport to reopen after 16 yrs
eKantipur, 22-May-08
Sixteen years after the closure of its service, Balewa Narayansthan Airport is going to reopen soon.
With the purpose of resuming operation, the Civil Aviation Authority has recently started reparations and renovation of the airport infrastructure.
Flights to the airport were stopped after the Baglung district was connected with the Pokhara-Baglung highway 16 years ago.
Balewa Airport, the oldest in Dhaulagiri zone, remained neglected after the flights stopped landing at the place. No one has taken care of the airport area. Its tower and three buildings within the airport premises are on the verge of collapse. The installed equipment have all become useless due to lack of care.
The airport spreads across 24 ropanis of land at Narayansthan VDC. The central authority has signed a contract deal for its restructure works. Aviation officials in Pokhara informed that works at the airport is in progress with a plan to bring it into operation soon.
The locals, who had been demanding resumption of the airport's operation, can now be found in a delightful mood. "Better late than never. The authorities have heard our voice and we are hopeful there will be revival of development works in this area," said Krishna Bahadur Khattri, former Chairman of Narayansthan VDC.
He stated that reopening of the air service will encourage tourists wanting to come to Kaligandaki river for rafting.
Following the decision to resume air service from the local airport, the district development committee has started construction of around 10-kilometers of road and building of a concrete bridge at Kathekhokha is in progress, according to local development officer Dirgha Narayan Poudel.
eKantipur, 22-May-08
Sixteen years after the closure of its service, Balewa Narayansthan Airport is going to reopen soon.
With the purpose of resuming operation, the Civil Aviation Authority has recently started reparations and renovation of the airport infrastructure.
Flights to the airport were stopped after the Baglung district was connected with the Pokhara-Baglung highway 16 years ago.
Balewa Airport, the oldest in Dhaulagiri zone, remained neglected after the flights stopped landing at the place. No one has taken care of the airport area. Its tower and three buildings within the airport premises are on the verge of collapse. The installed equipment have all become useless due to lack of care.
The airport spreads across 24 ropanis of land at Narayansthan VDC. The central authority has signed a contract deal for its restructure works. Aviation officials in Pokhara informed that works at the airport is in progress with a plan to bring it into operation soon.
The locals, who had been demanding resumption of the airport's operation, can now be found in a delightful mood. "Better late than never. The authorities have heard our voice and we are hopeful there will be revival of development works in this area," said Krishna Bahadur Khattri, former Chairman of Narayansthan VDC.
He stated that reopening of the air service will encourage tourists wanting to come to Kaligandaki river for rafting.
Following the decision to resume air service from the local airport, the district development committee has started construction of around 10-kilometers of road and building of a concrete bridge at Kathekhokha is in progress, according to local development officer Dirgha Narayan Poudel.
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