Kathmandu,
Nov 28 : The National
Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has been urged not to close its office in
Khotang district. A team led by Mayor of Rupakot Majhuwagadhi, Tirtharaj
Bhattarai, met NHRC Chairman Tap Bahadur Magar on Sunday and made such request.
The team
submitted a memorandum, reaching the central office of NHRC. In response, NHRC
Chairman Magar informed that they had not planned to remove its office from
Khotang. He was happy see such activism of local people for the cause of human
rights.
The team led by
Mayor Bhattarai met NHRC Chairman Magar in the wake of the preparation to
remove its sub-regional office from Khotang, according to Mayor Bhattarai.
The office is in
its own land in Khotang and has the jurisdiction to look after the human rights
issues in Khotang, Solukhumbu, Okhaldhunga and Bhojpur districts. (RSS)