Chair Dahal pledges to help address demands of senior citizens

Kathmandu, July 24: The National Senior Citizen Federation Nepal has met with CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'. 

A delegation of the Federation today reached the Dahal residence, Khumaltar, and urged the latter to help address their demands. 

Among the demands of the senior citizens include concession in public transport, identification of senior citizens and their management, reforms in old age allowance distribution, allowance arrangement based on economic classification and representation of senior citizen in the National Assembly. 

Informing that as many as 2500 senior citizens are rendered stateless in lack of citizenship certificate, the Federation requested the former Prime Minister to take leadership for resolving the issue. 

Chair Dahal pledged to extend all possible cooperation to have their demands addressed, Dahal's secretariat said. 

"The demands you have raised are genuine. I will lend my all possible support. The Maoist Centre will take positive effort o execute the demands of the senior citizens", Dahal noted. 

Meanwhile, a team comprising local land donors, representatives of various political parties and the people's representatives of Machhapuchhre Rural Municipality, Dhital, Bhedabari, Kaski met with Chair Dahal in Khumaltar and urged to take initiative to help advance the process of the construction of ANFA Technical Centre. 

The delegation informed him of the completion of primary works such as survey, environment impact assessment, soil testing in the area as well as the transfer of land on the initiative of the local government. 

On the occasion, Chair Dahal pledged to take necessary initiative to that end in coordination with the stakeholders, his secretariat informed. (RSS)