Kavre, Feb. 18 -- A stone quarry is operating near a school building. Classes are going on inside, but neither the students can hear their teachers well nor can teachers understand the students due to the thunderous noise of the crusher machine.

This is the situation at Shree Ganesh Basic School in Chalal Ganesthan in ward 4 of Bethanchok Rural Municipality in Kavrepalanchok. Studies have been disrupted by the excavation work at Chalal Ganeshthan Mineral Industry Pvt Ltd. Students complained that the stone quarry greatly affected their studies and their health.

"When the breaker is operating in the mine, we hear nothing. The dust from the mine blankets the school. It has become very uncomfortable to study," said Karan Magar, a seventh g...