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Rushmoor Borough Council and Gorakha establish sister city relations

Posted by | Feb 3, 2020 | ,

The Gorakha Municipality and Rushmoor Borough Council of Great Britain have established sister city relations. Mayor of Rushmoor Borough, Sue Carter and Mayor of Gorakha Municipality Rajan Raj Panta signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect on behalf their respective cities. On the occasion, Mayor Panta said Gorakha municipality was different from other municipalities in Nepal, adding that Gorakha district has historic importance as it was the king of Gorkha Prithvi Narayan Shah who initiated the national unification campaign from this district. Mayor Panta stated that a statue of the late king was installed there, commemorating his contribution to national unification. He said the Gorakha Municipality was working to develop Gorakha as a major tourist destination and also set the slogan, ‘Visit Gorakha, Explore Gorakha’, for this purpose. According to him, this campaign will also contribute to the Visit Nepal Year 2020. At the programme, Rushmoor Borough’s leader David Clifford said the reason behind establishing sister city relations with Gorakha instead of other municipalities in Nepal was that the Nepalis serving in the British Army are known as the Gurkha soldiers which is same as Gorakha. Ambassador of Nepal to the UK, Dr Durga Bahadur Subedi said sister city relations would be fostered between Nepal’s cities with other British cities as well to make the Visit Nepal Year 2020 successful. Some British Gurkha soldiers, employees working in...

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Extra lane being mooted to ease traffic bottleneck at Jadibuti

Posted by | Feb 3, 2020 | ,

The government is looking for an alternative to putting an end to the traffic jam that is a daily phenomenon on the Koteshwar-Jadibuti section of the Araniko highway. It is said the government plans to extend the road on both to its right and left to build extra lanes as an alternative to address the problem of traffic jam on this section. The government also plans to construct an underpass or flyover at this section as the long-term solution to this problem. It has already requested Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for this. The plan is to add three to four lanes on this section of the highway by expanding the width of the road. Spokesperson at the Department of Roads, Shivahari Sapkota said the plan is to construct one more lane towards the north side of the road while it would be expanded up to two or three lanes to its south side for the time-being. According to him, the Department has its own land to the northern side of the road for construction of the land. It will only have to shift the pedestrian’s lane and drain for this purpose. However, to expand the lane on the southern side of the road, the Department will have to request to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation for providing land for the construction of the additional lanes....

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Corona virus prevention health desk set up at Jamunaha

Posted by | Feb 3, 2020 | ,

A ‘health desk’ has been brought into operation at Jamunaha, the transit point at the Nepal-India border in Banke district, to prevent the entry of corona virus infection. People entering Nepal through this transit point would be tested to check for corona virus infection, Dilli Raj Pokharel, chief of the public health section at the Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City, said. Two health workers have been assigned to operate the health desk. The health desk will especially examine the health of people suffering from fever, flu and suspected corona virus infection entering Nepal from this transit point. Two infra-red thermometers would be used for this purpose, Pokharel...

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71st Republic Day of India celebrated

Posted by | Feb 2, 2020 |

The 71st Republic Day of India was celebrated at the Embassy of India in Kathmandu on January 26, 2020. The celebrations began with hoisting of the national flag by Charge d’ Affaires (Cd’A) Dr. Ajay Kumar who then read out the message of the Hon’ble President of India for the occasion. The Cd’A felicitated 01 Veer Nari, 08 widows and 05 next of kins of deceased soldiers by disbursing their dues worth NPR 5.97 Crore and a blanket to each. The Embassy gifted books to 51 libraries and educational institutions spread across all the provinces of Nepal. The Embassy also gifted 30 ambulances and 06 buses to various hospitals, non-profit charitable organizations and educational institutions of Nepal thereby reaffirming Government of India’s commitment to partner with Nepal in its journey towards socio-economic development. The Government of India has so far gifted 782 ambulances and 154 buses to various hospitals, non-profit charitable organizations and educational institutions of 77 districts in Nepal, expanding healthcare access for thousands of Nepali people and serving to the educational needs of the thousands of students. The 71st Republic Day of India celebrations were attended by members of the Indian community in Nepal and friends of India apart from Embassy officials and their families. The celebrations witnessed rendition of patriotic songs by students of Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Kathmandu, Kendriya Vidyalaya and Modern Indian School. The...

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NHRC releases song against ethnic discrimination, untouchability

Posted by | Feb 1, 2020 | ,

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has released an awareness song against ethnic discrimination and untouchability on Friday. The song was brought to minimize the ethic discrimination and untouchability. NHRC Chairperson Anupraj Sharma made public the song. “The song has aimed at creating favourable atmosphere for equal behaviour to the Dalit and non-Dalit people.” Everyone is equal before law, he said, suggesting that the use of terminologies as Dalit and non-Dalit could be discouraged. Although Nepal has envisioned the society free of ethnic discrimination, it is yet to be practiced in behavour. NHRC has launched nationwide campaign against ethnic discrimination and untouchability. The song was released as part of the...

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