Some of the factories are now closed part of the year and the government is looking into the possibility of a metro system in the Kathmandu Valley.

BBC: The futurist: A Kathmandu metro system

The heaviest rains for three decades brought floods and landslides to Nepal in July this year, killing some 187 people and cutting off the Kathmandu Valley from the rest of the country.

UNESCO: 83e

But a low level of professionalism in many media outlets, especially outside Kathmandu Valley, and self-censorship induced by the political atmosphere make it difficult for the media to rise above the challenge of disseminating accurate, timely and non-partisan information on the peace-building process.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN KATHMANDU

Participants will include representatives from the Archaeology Section of the Culture Preservation and Promotion Division at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, the National Library, the Central Library and the Department of History of Tribhuwan University, the Hope 1 Library, the Keishar Library, the Dilliraman Library, Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya, the Nepal Folklore Society, Martin Chautari, Social Science Baha, the Kathmandu Valley Public Library, Gorkhapatra and Kantipur publications, photo.circle, private collectors and individual photographers.

UNESCO: Symposium on ��The State of Nepal��s Photo Archives�� 6 November 2012 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization