- Sunday, 17 November 2024
Birgunj (Parsa), June 10: Birgunj Metropolitan City has directed the public and private schools to manage classes only within 10.30 am with immoderate rise in temperature lately.
A meeting of the metropolitan city on Sunday directed the schools to limit their classroom hours from today onward.
Chief Administrative Officer of Birgunj Metropolitan City Matrika Bhattarai said schools have been requested to minimize teaching hours taking into consideration of students’ health in extreme heat condition.
He cited the forecast of the Meteorological Department that the heat may further increase in the Tarai÷Madhes region.
“A meeting of the Metropolitan City has instructed the authorities concerned to manage the time period for conducting classes up to 10:30 am until further notice. The losses incurred due to reduced teaching period can be reconciled later”, he said.
There are 92 public schools and 138 private schools within Birgunj metropolis boundary. It includes 21 secondary schools, 15 basic schools, 55 primary schools and one pre-primary school under the public school category.
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02- Three die in Musikot jeep accident
Kakrebihar (Surkhet), June 10: Three persons died and three others sustained injuries when a Bolero jeep met accident in Musikot municiplaity-1, Nepane of Rukum West.
The jeep (Karnali Province 2001 Cha 0413) heading to Musikot-4, Chhinkhet from Khalanga met with the accident on Sunday evening.
The deceased have been identified as Saugat BK, 27, of Thakurbaba municipality-5, Kaligaudi (Bardiya), Dharmendra Shrestha, 30, of Gurbhakot municipality-8, Mehalkuna (Surkhet) and Jit Bahadur Karki, 19, of Barahatal rural municipality-5, Baddichaur (Surkhet).
Police Inspector Bakht Shahi, also the spokesperson of the District Police Office, Rukum West, informed that the accident took place when the vehicle fell 200 meters off the road.
According to him, the critically injured were rescued from the accident site and taken to the district hospital Salle where they were pronounced dead in course of the treatment.
The injured are Sujal BK, 17, of Banfikot rural municipality-4, Chhinkhet of Rukum West, Dilip Thapa, 26, of Thakurbaba municipality-5 (Bardiya) and Tikaram Khanal, 27, of Kaligaudi of the same municipality.
As informed, the condition of BK and Khanal is critical. They were referred to Nepalgunj for further treatment after providing general treatment at the district hospital.
Injured Thapa is undergoing treatment at the district hospital.
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03- Beni-Jomsom-Korala road sees 80 percent physical progress in eight years
Myagdi, June 10: The Beni-Jomsom-Korala road project under the Kaligandaki corridor has seen 80 percent of physical progress in eight years.
The road infrastructure connecting Triveni along Nepal-India border with China’s Korala border point is considered the ‘fate line’ of Gandaki province, which is important for infrastructure, economic, trade, hydropower, tourism and religious development.
The project had started in 2073 BS to upgrade the 202-km road from Maldhunga (Parbat) to Korala border point (Mustang) via Myagdi and construct bridges over the rivulets along the road.
Project Chief Dhruba Kumar Jha informed physical progress of the project till the mid second week of June was 80 percent.
The road, estimated to cost Rs 10 billion, was targeted to be completed in the fiscal year 2079/80 BS. The project period has been extended till the fiscal year 2082/83 BS when the targeted works could not be completed within the stipulated time.
According to project chief Jha, Rs 6 billion has been spent so far against the contract of Rs 7 billion for the construction of roads and bridges. “Out of the target of blacktopping 105 kilometers, 48 kms have been blacktopped,. Five kilometers have been cemented and gravelling has been done along 85 kilometers of the road”, he informed.
Among 24 motorable bridges to be constructed along the road, contracts have been awarded for 19 bridges, he shared. “Construction of 10 bridges has been completed, five are in progress “, he said, adding contracts for four bridges have been terminated while contracts are yet to be made for five bridges”.
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04- PM Dahal, his Indian counterpart Modi meet
Kathmandu, June 10: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, who is on an official visit to India, and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi held a meeting on Sunday evening.
In the meeting held at New Delhi, Prime Minister Dahal congratulated Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, for taking charge of the country’s executive head for the third consecutive time and expressed confidence that the relations between Nepal and India would reach a new height during his tenure.
On the occasion, they discussed various issues of bilateral interest and mutual relations between Nepal and India. Matters related to the implementation of agreements and understandings signed between the two countries in the past were also discussed.
PM Dahal attended the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Modi on Sunday evening. The Prime Minister had left Kathmandu for New Delhi on Sunday. He is accompanied by his daughter Ganga Dahal, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Padam Giri, Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal and other high-ranking government officials.
Prime Minister Dahal is scheduled to return home this evening.
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05- Gandaki CM Pandey taking vote of confidence today
Gandaki, June 10: Chief Minister of the Gandaki province government, Surendra Raj Pandey is taking vote of confidence today.
According to the province assembly secretariat, CM Pandey is taking a vote of confidence at a meeting of the province assembly scheduled for 3.00 pm this afternoon.
Parliamentary party leader of the Nepali Congress, Pandey who was appointed the Chief Minister on last May 29 is taking vote of confidence in accordance with the constitutional arrangement.
As per the Article 168 (3) of the Constitution, Pandey has become the Chief Minister as the leader of the single largest party and needs the support of 31 Province Assembly members to secure the vote of confidence.
In the 60-member Province Assembly, there are 27 members from NC, 22 from CPN (UML), seven from CPN (Maoist Centre), two from Rastriya Prajatantra Party and one independent.
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06- Cricketer Sandeep to play ICC T20 World Cup
Kathmandu, June 10: Nepali cricket team’s spinner, Sandeep Lamichhane, is set to play a match to be held in West Indies under the ICC T20 World Cup cricket.
Sandeep will take part in the matches against South Africa and Bangladesh to be held in the West Indies, reads a press release issued by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) here today.
Sandeep is going to play the tournament as a member of the Nepali national cricket team. Earlier, the CAN had released Sandeep from suspension of all kinds of domestic and international cricket activities since May 1.
After being acquitted by the Patan high court’s verdict in the rape case, the cricket association had also lifted suspension imposed on him from cricket activities.
According to CAN secretary Paras Khadka, Sandeep has been included in the Nepali team keeping young bowler Pratish GC as a ‘traveling reserve’.
“Although Sandeep has been in Nepal’s official team since May 16 but has not received a US passport, Sandeep will be perform in Nepal’s two matches against South Africa and Bangladesh in the West Indies in coordination with the ICC,” the press release stated.
The 2024 Cricket World Cup is being played in the USA and the West Indies. Nepal who lost first match against the Netherlands in the US will play their second match against Sri Lanka in the US on June 12. After the match, the Nepali team will reach the West Indies to play against South Africa and Bangladesh.
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