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Unilateral road construction drive on disputed border area breaches understanding

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 | ,

Bhimduttanagar– In a brazen breach of a common understanding reached earlier in the Nepal-India joint border survey team, the southern neighbour has hastened to unilaterally construct a road on a border nearby Bhimdutta municipality-9, Brahmadev. Presently, the Indian side is expanding road connectivity nearby main pillar number three along the Nepal-India border area claiming its territory. It may be noted that the joint survey team had agreed to recognize the Tanakpur dam step – which was constructed at power house towards 1000 metres north from Tanakpur) – as Nepal-India border following the survey. Indian’s long drive to construct around 1300 metres road from Tanakpur barrage to the fence of Brahmadev Bazaar in the north has irked Nepali denizens on the border. Ward-9 Chairperson of Bhimdutta municipality, Ram Nath informed that India has initiated expanding its road encroaching around 200 metres Nepali land without once coordinating with another side. There has been a persisting dispute after the disappearance of border pillar number 3. The survey team had presumably concluded that the disappeared border pillar (number 3) lies in the same border area where the road is being built now. Locals people resorted to protest the hegemonic drive of Indian side in expanding road in the same border area, said Gagan Singh Karki, a local. He further shared, “The number 3rd border pillar was located in the mid of the Mahakali...

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Road crash claims four lives

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 | ,

Chitwan– At least four people breathed their last and other 17 injured in a road crash that occurred at Ratnanagar municipality last night. The accident took place when a Narayangadh-bound loaded truck (Na 5 Kha 5941) from east and a commuter bus (Na 5 Kha 1749) belonging to Makalu Transport en route to Kakadbhitta from Kathmandu collided with each other. Deputy Superintendant of Police Prabhu Prasad Dhakal informed that truck driver Mohan Ghising, 34, and co-driver Buddhiman Lama, 30, of Chapur, Rautahat and bus passenger dio, Bishnu Prasad Thapa, 48, of Thankot, Kathmandu and Tara Baral, 42, of Khumjing municipality-1 died in the mishap that took place at Bhanuchowk of Ratnanagar municipality-10 along the East-West Highway. All the four died in course of the treatment. Among the injured, 13 are being treated in the old Medical College and four in Chitwan Medical College in Bharatpur....

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Villagers materialize quake-devastated school rebuild

Posted by | Aug 8, 2018 | ,

Myagdi– Local villagers have materialized their bid to reconstruct Muktimarga Secondary School based in Annapurna rural municipality-6, Ghar. The folks raised a fund amounting to Rs 5 million to rebuild the school, which was put in a shambles following the 25 April 2015 earthquake. Importantly, a single family had donated over Rs 3 million for the same. The family of Tika Bahadur Khadka, a local, extended financial support over Rs 3 million for the rebuild of 12-room school building, shared acting Chairperson of Muktimarga School Management Committee Ram Bahadur Khadka. As shared, the rural municipality had also aided Rs 1 million and Krishna Prasad Baruwal Rs 250,000 to that end. Ward Chairperson Krishna Prasad Baruwal informed the public about the construction of additional four rooms in the building with the mobilization of accumulated donation. Likewise, Himalayan Friendship, an organization based in Germany, had extended financial aid Rs 1.67 million to serve the same purpose on the initiative of the school ex-student, Prashant Mohan Regmi. Among several local donors, Dadilal Khadka, a local, currently residing in Japan, donated Rs 51,000 and Narayan Khadka from Belgium handed Rs 45,000 for the bid. As many as 322 students are pursuing their education in the school up to grade 12, school principal Mekh Bahadur Khadka informed....

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Eight over-head bridges to be built in Kathmandu

Posted by | Aug 7, 2018 |

Kathmandu – The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is to construct eight over-head bridges in eight different places in Kathmandu given the dense pedestrians. The construction of the modern and new types of overhead bridges is expected to ease the traffic management as well as contribute towards reduction of road accidents. The KMC is coordinating with the Traffic Police and Department of Road for the same, KMC’s Physical Infrastructures Division Chief Ram Bahadur Thapa. Over-head bridges will be built in Teku Bhansar, Tripurashwor, Maitighar, Babar Mahal (Kathmandu District Court), Putalisadak, Maharajgunj, Koteshwor and Gausha. These places are identified as a place where vehicles ply the roads densely and the pedestrians had been facing problems due to congestion, both -vehicle and their volume. A total of Rs 120 million has been allocated to construct new bridges, said Thapa. Some overhead bridges have been designed where placing of advertisement and hoarding boards are not allowed. The KMC has been making income after placing advertisement in the sky bridges constructed earlier. The KMC had collected Rs 109.48 million as advertisement tax in the last fiscal year 2017/18.  ...

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Nepal has taken human trafficking as serious issue: Home Minister

Posted by | Aug 7, 2018 |

Kathmandu – Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has said Nepal has taken the problems of human trafficking and trans-national crime related to this very seriously. Delivering a statement at the international conference on Seventh Regional Ministerial International Conference on ‘People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime’ to be held in Bali of Indonesia today, he said the government has taken this problem seriously as a large number of people go on foreign employment. He said human smuggling and trafficking has emerged as a big impediment for sustainable human development, rule of law and citizen’s security. The Home Minister expressed the belief that the conference would facilitate the information exchange and collaboration among the law enforcement bodies to curb trans-national crimes related to human smuggling and trafficking. He also expressed hope that the conference would be the guideline for the welfare of migrant workers at different countries. Home Ministers and high government officers of different countries have been participating in the seventh ministerial conference to be concluded today. Since 2002, the conference is being organised in the name of Bali Process. Forty-five member countries including Nepal, China, India and Australia as well as UN agencies including IOM, UNHCR and UNODC are the members of the conference. Home Minister Thapa had left on Sunday leading four-member team. He is scheduled to return home...

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