Author: Himalaya Post

Kathmandu – The bus park which was relocated to Khula Munch (Open Theatre) in Tundikhel from old bus park area is to remain closed for four days. The Khuila Munch will be shut for four days from today as the open theatre which has been in decrepit state of affairs due to torrential rain and huge flow of vehicles needs renovation, shared Metropolitan Traffic Police Division Chief and SSP Basanta Kumar Panta. An arrangement has been made for the vehicles bound to Khula Munch via Araniko Highway to move to new Bus Park through Koteswor, Saatdobato and Kalanki, he informed. Likewise, the vehicles coming from Chawahil, Bouddha, Sankhu, Thankot, Kirtipur and Daxinkali among others are allowed to drop their passengers at the Ratna Park. Similarly, the odd and even number system has been enforced for the vehicles being operated in the Valley so as to ensure smooth traffic management during the BIMSTEC Summit scheduled for August 30-31. The system will be put in place on August 29-31. As per the interim system, the registration plate of vehicles with odd number at the end will not be allowed to ply on August 29 and 31 while plates with even number at the end will be barred from operation on August 30, he added. The odd even system is applicable for all vehicles except those used in emergency such as ambulance,...

Baitadi –  Baitadi district is at high risk of malaria infection these days. The district has been recording the increasing number of malaria patients in the last three years, according to the Public Health Office, Baitadi’s Health Assistant, Santosh Pandey. Several wards in Melauli Municipality, Shivanath Rural Municipality and Pancheshower Rural Municipality in the Upper Swarad areas are at very high risk from this mosquito-borne disease. “There are total 40 malaria patients recorded in these places in the recent years,” shared Pandey, adding that 33 patients were found in the last year while 7 malaria patients were recorded since April this year. According to Pandey, the malaria patients here were diagnosed during the blood test. There’s only a modern lab set up at Kesharpur Primary Health Centre which tested the blood of these patients. The nearest health posts had sent the blood samples of the patients to Kesharpur Primary Health Centre for test. Pregnant women and children in lower Swarad areas in the district are vulnerable of contracting this disease, said Pandey. The locals have received mosquito nets as a preventive measure against malaria that is spread by the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. Insecticide has also been sprayed in the mosquito infested...