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Prominent democratic fighter Ganeshman Singh remembered

Posted by | Sep 18, 2018 | ,

Kathmandu– A programme was held here this morning to pay tribute to the late Ganeshman Singh, who is revered as the supreme commander of 1990’s democratic movement in Nepal, on the occasion of his 21st memorial day. The Ganeshman Singh Foundation organised the event, marking the death anniversary of the veteran democratic fighter known as an ‘iron man’ in Nepal’s politics. Nepali Congress leader Prakashman Singh laid a wreath on his idol at Shobhabhagawati. Describing the late leader as an epitome of struggle, sacrifice, hard work and dedication who had enormous contributions to the democratic movements in the country, the NC lawmaker said the commander of 1990’s movement had his remarkable role to bring the then divided factions of Nepal’s communist parties together and to a multiparty-party system. As he said, that NC has made ideologies of the late leader as the party’s driving force and the party has been doing its role as a responsible main opposition. He accused the government of failing to well address people’s issues. NC central member Nabindra Raj Joshi, Surendra Pandey, Badri Pandey, NC Kathmandu party president Sabuj Baniya and chiefs and office bearers of NC sister wings were there to pay tributes to the late leader. Singh born on November 9, 1915 in Kathmandu had passed away on September 18, 1997....

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Hotel capacity to increase in Annapurna region

Posted by | Sep 18, 2018 | ,

Pokhara– The capacity of hotels operating inside the Annapurna area is being expanded to address the increasing flow of domestic as well as foreign tourists to the region. A total of 26 hotels are currently under operation, targeting trekkers heading to the Annapurna base camp. But they have proved insufficient and hence the Annapurna rural municipality has begun work to expand the capacity of the hotels. Accordingly, a task force has been constituted to carry out a study into the need for increasing capacity and number of hotels, also considering the ecological factor of the region, according to Chief of the Rural Municipality Yubaraj Kunwar. Najaraman Gurung leads the task force. Last year alone, 32,000 foreign tourists trekked up to Annapurna base camp, which is six times more than when hotels first began operating in 2049 B.S., says member of the task force Lalit Gurung. Adding domestic tourists as well as tourist and trekking guides takes that number to almost 80,000, adds Gurung. The 26 hotels operate under the standards determined by the Annapurna Conservation Area Project. Accordingly, every hotel has six rooms each, with a total of 156 rooms available for guests. The hotels are based in Sinuwa, Bambo, Himalayan, Dhobhan, Deurali, Machapuchre base camp and Annapurna base camps. The rural municipality has taken the initiative after revenue collection from the hotels came under its authority. It was...

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Mustang apples rotting in godowns

Posted by | Sep 18, 2018 | ,

Mustang– Transportation of apples has become a problem with the obstruction in the Beni-Jomsom roadway. The Beni-Jomsom roadway remains obstructed since the past week with landslides, inundation and floods in several locations of the 76-kilometer road. As a result, the apples already harvested and packed have started rotting in the godowns, apple farmer Hari Thakali of Tukuche in Thasang rural municipality-1 said. Apple is farmed in around 1,115 hectares of land in Kowang, Tukuche, Marfa, Jomsom, Kagbedi, Muktinath and Chusang of the district. On an average, 5,000 metric tonnes of apple is produced by the district. Last season apples worth Rs. 250 million were sold from the district, according to Chief of the Ghorpajhong rural municipality, agriculture division Bimal Khadka. The road obstruction has brought traffic to a standstill while the locals, tourists and pilgrims have been seriously affected. All possible efforts are being made to open the road for traffic as soon as possible, said engineer at the Beni-Jomsom-Korala road project Pradip...

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Scooter rider dies in accident

Posted by | Sep 18, 2018 |

Nawalparasi– A girl has died in a road accident that took place in Gaidakot along the east-west highway last night. Anisha Ranamagar,26, of Gunjanagar-4, Chitwan died when the scooter (Na. 41 Pa. 2675) she was riding collided with another scooter (Na. 18 Pa. 1246) coming from the opposite direction. Seriously injured, Ranamagar died during treatment at the new medical college hospital in Chitwan, according to District Police Office. Meanwhile, Dharbendra Prasad Gupta of Binaya Triveni rural municipality-7, who had been missing since September 14, has been found dead. Gupta was found dead on the banks of the Narayani river, police said. Further investigation into the cause of the death is...

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Flood survivors receive relief support

Posted by | Sep 18, 2018 |

Besisahar– People’s representatives here have donated their remuneration as relief support to the flood survivors of Marsyangdi rural municipality. The rural municipality executive committee meeting on Monday decided that the people’s representatives would donate their 15-day allowance to the flood survivors. The amount will be deposited in the disaster management fund to be distributed to the flood survivors, according to the rural municipality chair Arjun Gurung. A total of 19 families have been displaced from their homes in recent floods and landslides in the rural municipality. Four people were killed while 11 were injured. One person is still missing. Furthermore, the teachers of schools within the rural municipality have also decided to donate their one day’s salary. There are around 400 teachers working in community and institutional schools in the rural municipality....

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