Author: Himalaya Post

Kathmandu – Upper House lawmakers have drawn the attention of the government on national and local level contemporary issues. Speaking in the meeting in the House today, lawmaker Chakra Prasad Snehi has complained that the haliyas (bonded tillers) were still waiting for their settlement living in pathetic situation after a long gap of their release. He added that they were not receiving the government assistance to be provided for their settlement. Lawmaker Jitendra Dev demanded for probing into the issues of then acting chief justice’s academic certificate. He complained over the decision of parliamentary hearing committee on the rejection of then acting chief justice Dipak Raj Joshi’s recommendation to chief justice at the Supreme Court. He added that the issues regarding the alleged charge should have settled down through probing not by two-thirds majority. Lawmaker Bimala Rai drew the attention of the government on the various cases including child rapes demanding a stern action against those involved in such crimes. She added that such incidents were frequently repeated in Kanchanpur but government was not informing the house regarding the actions in such incidents. Similarly, lawmaker, Bhairav Sundar Shrestha said that the road sections constructed haphazardly were causing natural disasters in various areas as the recent incident occurred in Jajarkot on Monday killing nine people. He also demanded stern action against the contractor who arbitrarily constructed the roads and other...

Kathmandu –  Federal Affairs and General Administration Minister Lalbabu Pandit has said the adjustment of the government employees at the federal, province and local level would be done within January 14, 2019. He said this while talking to journalists at the Ministers’ Quarters in Lalitpur today. The minister asserted that the employees’ adjustment according to the approved quota in all three levels would be done by that date. The General Administration Minister added that the works on adjusting the government employees would be started once the Federal Civil Service Act is passed by the parliament. “We are preparing to get the Act passed by the parliament in a prompt manner. We would also complete the adjustment process by the deadline even through an ordinance if the current parliament failed to pass the Act,” he said. Minister Pandit expressed his commitment to bring about reforms in the country’s administration. He clarified that the resignation tendered by an employee who has come close to retirement age would not be accepted. He also said the province and local levels would be made more responsible by cutting back on the volume of service given by the federal level. The Minister for General Administration warned that action would be taken against employees who failed to carry out works as per the given terms of reference. He also insisted on having a single authorised trade...