When will families of enforced disappeared ones get ID card?

Kathmandu, July 26: Parliamentarians in today's meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) demanded identity cards for the families of those who forcefully disappeared at the earliest. 

   
Voicing their concerns in the zero hours, they called for compensation and relief packages for the victims or their families by taking forward the file having names recommended by the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons Nepal.    

Asha Kumari BK rued that the families of enforced disappeared ones were yet to receive identity cards although 17 years have elapsed. 

   
Indu Kumari Sharma stated that over 500,000 Nepalis were involved in illegal cryptocurrency transactions in Nepal and claimed that this had led to a shortage of cash in the banks and financial institutions. She demanded that illegal transactions be brought under the ambit of taxation.   

 
Kamala Rokka drew the attention of the government to delay the part of government construction of the strategic road leading up to China's border point from Rukum (East).    

Kalila Khatun shed light on the problems facing the public in Gandaki Province due to a hike in taxation in every sector in Gandaki Province. She viewed that the federal government should coordinate with the provincial government to curb an increase in taxation.    

Kumari Meche demanded fertilizers for farmers at the earliest. Krishna Gopal Shrestha said that many members of a single family were injured in a leopard attack in Nagarjun Municipality-8 in Kathmandu recently and appealed to the government to repair the Buffer Zone's wall to prevent wild animals from entering human settlements. 

   
Krishna Kumar Dahal questioned why there had been a delay in the construction of the Kantipath highway, an alternative highway connecting Kathmandu and Hetauda.    

Krishna Bahadur Rai called for easing off the process of collecting the voter name list. Kedar Sigdel ranted that although four years were gone by, the culprits of Nirmala Panta rape and murder case in Kanchanpur district were not identified and brought to book yet. Ganga Chaudhary also demanded the same.    

Khem Prasad Lohani demanded relief packages for the family of Sharmila Rana Magar who died in a flood in the Arun River.    

Gajendra Bahadur Mahat demanded that the Surkhet-Jumla road be blacktopped on time. Ganesh Kumar Pahadi lamented that although the public hearing would be made 'paperless' and the budget for the same was arranged for the current fiscal year, it was far from implementation.    

He called for complete digitalization of the passport and national identity card among other important cards. Goma Devkota appealed to the government to facilitate fertilizers for farmers and books for the students in remote parts of the country. (RSS)