Author: Himalaya Post

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....

Kathmandu– Pooja International Nepal Pvt. Ltd, the authorized importer of Volkswagen marquee passenger cars for Nepal has launched New Polo 1.0 amidst the press conference held in Kathmandu. The new polo is packed with 999cc engine that produces best-in-class 76PSpower at 95NM torque.The company has announced that this new car will set a milestone in terms of fuel efficiency in its segment. With the launch of this new line up of engine, buyers now have an opportunity to choose between the existing power packed Polo with 1,600 cc engine or fuel efficientNew Polo 1.0. The price of New Polo with 999cc engine also benefits from the recent change in tax structure announced by the government in F.Y. budget of 75/76, wherein the taxes are kept lowest for the cars under 1000cc. The retail price of the car is fixed at NRs. 26,95,000.  As a special promotion price for upcoming festival Dashain, the price is kept as low as NRs. 25,50,000 only for first 100 buyers, which is unmatched by any other competitive brands in its segment. Even atthis price, the customer can have all the standard features/options. The New Polo 1.0 is offered with major safety features like; ABS, airbag, galvanized body plus the luxury features like; front & rear power windows, rear view camera, air-condition with pollen filter, rack and tilt power steering etc. The first generation of...