Vol. 9, No. 1, 2021

Research Articles

Impacts of brick kiln emission on agricultural soil around brick kiln areas
- Mrinal Kanti Saha, Rakhi Rani Sarkar, Syed Jamal Ahmed, Abu Hanif Sheikh, Md Golam Mostafa 

Solid waste management practices and challenges in seven cities of Nepal before and during lockdown against COVID-19 pandemic
- Bikash Adhikari, Saroj Koirala, Nitesh Khadka, Nitesh Koirala 

Habitat preference of Himalayan musk deer (Moschus leucogaster Hodgson, 1839) at Lapchi of Bigu Rural Municipality, Gaurishankar Conservation Area
- Narayan Prasad Koju, Bijay Bashyal, Satya Narayan Shah 

Water quality and health risk assessment of trace elements contamination in Ghodaghodi Lake, Sudurpaschim Province, Nepal
- Ramesh Raj Pant, Khadka Bahadur Pal, Gita Pathak, Kiran Bishwakarma, Lal B Thapa, Yam Prasad Dhital, Youb Raj Bhatta, Ganesh Raj Joshi, Kedar Rijal 

Application of activated effective microorganism, mudball and biosand filter for the treatment of dye wastewater
- Anisha Maharjan, Anish Ghimire 

Editorial Board

Patron
Rejina Maskey Byanju, PhD
Professor and Head
Central Department of Environmental Science
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: rmaskey@cdes.edu.np

Editor-in-Chief
Chhatra Mani Sharma, PhD
Professor
Central Department of Environmental Science
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: cmsharma@cdes.edu.np

Executive Editor
Udhab Raj Khadka, PhD
Reader
Central Department of Environmental Science
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: ukhadka@cdes.edu.np

Editors
Kirpa Ram, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India
Emails: kirpa81@gmail.com, ram.iesd@bhu.ac.in

Smriti Gurung, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
School of Science, Kathmandu University
Email: smriti@ku.edu.np

Sudeep Thakuri, PhD
Reader
Faculty of Science and Technology
Mid-West University, Birendranagar, Surkhet, Nepal
Email: sthakuri@cdes.edu.np

Editorial Assistant
Bina Ghimire
Central Department of Environmental Science
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: bghimire@cdes.edu.np

Editorial Advisors

Dinesh Raj Bhuju, PhD
Academician
Nepal Academy of Science and Technology
Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: dineshbhuju@gmail.com

Franco Salerno, PhD
Research Scientist
Water Research Institute - National Research Council
Via del Mulino, 20861 Brugherio (MB), Italy
Email: salerno@irsa.cnr.it

Kedar Rijal, PhD
Professor
Central Department of Environmental Science
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: krijal@cdes.edu.np

Madan Koirala, PhD
Former Editor-in-Chief and Professor
Nepal Journal of Environmental Science
Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University
Email: mkoirala@cdes.edu.np

Mika Sillanpää, PhD
Professor
Chemistry Department, College of Science,
King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Email: mikaesillanpaa@gmail.com

Shichang Kang, PhD
Professor and Deputy Director
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources
Chinese Academy of Sciences
320 Donggang West Road, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Email: shichang.kang@lzb.ac.cn