Lawmakers asks government to protect citizen's lives, properties

Kathmandu, Aug 5: Lawmakers have drawn the attention of the government to protect the lives and properties of the people from possible natural disaster following incessant rainfall taking place at different places of the country.     

During emergency hour of today's meeting of the House of Representatives, they asked the government to bring the highways, obstructed due to flood and landslide, into operation and make arrangement of alternative routes.     

On the occasion, Sher Bahadur Kunwar of the CPN (Unified Socialist) urged the government to start efforts to protect the people of disaster-prone areas from possible natural disaster as monsoon system remains active in Tarai and West Nepal.     

Sharing that highways across the country have been affected due to rain, Thakur Prasad Gaire of the CPN (UML) drew government's attention to create environment immediately for safe travel across the country.     

Similarly, Narayani Sharma of the CPN (Maoist Centre) mentioned that cases of snakebite have increased day by day in Tarai-Madhes and demanded arrangement of snakebite treatment in local-level.     

Prabhu Sah of Aam Janata Party asked the government to provide appropriate relief to farmers of drought-hit Tarai-Madhes.     

Drawing the government's attention to make arrangement of quality education in Nepal, Chandra Kant Bhandari of the Nepali Congress stressed the need of ending the compulsion of going abroad for employment and education.     

Likewise, independent lawmaker Dr Amaresh Kumar Singh demanded stern action against those manhandling the staffs working at the residence of former Minister Jaya Prakash Gupta.     

Meanwhile, lawmakers of the opposition parties—Rastriya Swatantra Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party boycotted today's meeting saying the government has been dillydallying to form a high-level probe commission to investigate the VISIT VISA scandal.     

In the beginning of the meeting, RSP lawmaker Biraj Bhakta Shrestha clarified that they would continue the protest in the parliament until their demands are addressed as an existing probe committee could not make detail study for the solution of the visit visa related problems.     

Likewise, Deepak Bahadur Singh of RPP shared that his party would boycott the meeting and would not take meeting allowance until the high-level probe commission is formed.     

RSP and RPP lawmakers exited from the meeting after putting forth their respective views.     

Demand to solve the problem of Kerung border crossing     

Chief Whip of the CPN (UML) Mahesh Kumar Bartauta has drawn the government's attention to the problem of bringing goods from China due to the obstruction of the Kerung road section in Rasuwa transit point.     

In today's meeting of the House of Representatives, he drew the government's attention to the problem of importing goods from China as the festival season approaches.     

MP Meena Tamang demanded a ban on the operation of polluting industries in Paanchkhal Municipality-8 and 9 of Kavrepalanchok. "The Shwabaneshwor Mahadev Temple, which has a history dating back to the Lichchhavi period, and the settlements connected to it in Panchkhal Municipality-8 and 9 of Kavrepalanchok district are at risk due to industrial pollution.”     

Likewise, MP Maina Karki said the society’s view of a single woman is traditional and conservative. Hence, the state should invest in their economic empowerment.     

MPs Mangal Prasad Gupta, Rana Kumari Balampaki Magar, Ranju Kumari Jha, Rama Koirala Paudyal, Rajendra Bajgain, Ram Kumar Rai, Rukmini Rana Baraili, Rupashoshi Chaudhary, Rekha Sharma, Lalu Prasad Sanwa Limbu, Bijula Rayamajhi, Bidya Bhattarai and Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai, among others, drew the government's attention towards various contemporary issues.(RSS)