BIRATNAGAR: A tense situation occurred at Sundar Haraicha Municipality in Morang district following the death of a child after a tipper truck hit her.
The District Administration Office imposed a curfew at 10:45 am in the areas between Biratchowk and Belepur.
The tense situation intensified when the locals took to the streets and started demonstrations following the killing.
An 11-year-old Laxmi Dhakal was killed when a Biratnagar-bound tipper truck (Na 3 Kha 3355) hit her while crossing the road.
The protesters smashed around half a dozen tipper trucks.
Police have been mobilized to prevent any untoward incident, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Ghana Shyam Shrestha.
(RSS)
KATHMANDU, Jan 28: Secretary of the National Assembly, Rajendra Phuyal, tabled the ‘National Medical Education Bill, 2075 BS’ forwarded by the House of Representatives with its message in the Assembly’s second meeting today.
At the outset of the meeting, the Nepali Congress lawmakers stood from their seats as a symbol of protest and obstructed the meeting. Amidst the obstruction, the National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina announced that there would not be the ‘zero hour’ and ‘special hour’ in today’s session, and that various points have been removed from the meeting agenda.
Following this announcement, the main opposition party, Nepali Congress, lawmakers stood up from their respective seats, trooped in front of the rostrum and continued chanting slogans.
The upper house secretary Phuyal tabled the ‘National Medical Education Bill, 2075 BS’ amidst the sloganeering by the opposition party lawmakers.
Thereafter, NA chair Timilsina adjourned the meeting for half an hour. The first meeting of the National Assembly was also postponed due to the obstruction by the Nepali Congress.
The main opposition party has obstructed the today’s meeting to protest the government’s no-decision regarding under which bodies the hospitals named after its two top leaders the late Girija Prasad Koirala and the late Sushil Koirala were to be operated.
The Nepali Congress had obstructed the National Assembly meetings on January 7 and 21 before this also over the same issue.
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KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Health and Population has said the services at the Dang-based Rapti Academy of Health Sciences (RAHS) will be resuming soon. The services have presently remained affected due to various reasons.
The Ministry’s statement on the issue followed the recent meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population Upendra Yadav, Minister of State for Health and Population Dr Surendra Yadav and the delegation of people’s representatives from the district. The delegation on Sunday called on the duo, drawing their attention towards the condition of the State-owned health facility.
On the occasion, the Deputy Prime Minister pledged to take initiations to address the issue soon. Komal Oli, Rekha Sharma, Sujita Shakya, Shanta Chaudhary and Ganga Chaudhary were among those in the delegation.
Karki new president of Nepal Radiologist Association
Meanwhile, Dan Bahadur Karki has been elected the president of Nepal Radiologist Association. In the election held on Sunday, Dr Prakash Kayastha was elected the vice president, Dr Anamika Jha general secretary, Dr Krishna Budhathoki joint-secretary, Dr Sundar Suwal treasurer, and Dr Manindra Shrestha joint- treasurer. Dr Prakash Sharma, Dr Surya Prasad Sapkota and Dr Kalpana Rai are the members in the new leadership.
KATHMANDU: Today was colder as the minimum temperature was less than that on Sunday, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said. The minimum temperature on Sunday was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius and it plummeted to 3.5 degrees Celsius on Monday, meteorologist at the Division, Sameer Shrestha, said.
According to him, although some improvement would be noticed in the weather until Tuesday, partly cloudy conditions will prevail with possibility of light rain and snowfall throughout this week from Wednesday.
The weather will be partly cloudy in the hilly region today due to the influence of the Westerly wind while it will be generally fair in the rest of the country. The Division forecasted light rain in some parts of the hilly region, and light to moderate snowfall in some parts of the mountainous region.
On Tuesday, the weather will be partly cloudy in the hilly region and generally fair in the rest of the country with chances of light rain in some places of the eastern hilly region. The weather will be generally fair throughout the country in the night.
The weather will remain partly cloudy with chances of light rain and light to moderate snowfall in the western part of the country on Wednesday.
More than a quarter-million people may die each year as a result of climate change in the coming decades, according to a review study. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), climate change would lead to about 250,000 additional deaths each year between 2030 and 2050, from factors such as malnutrition, heat stress and malaria.
However, a new review, published recently in The New England Journal of Medicine, said this is a “conservative estimate.” According to study co-author Dr. Andrew Haines, who is also an epidemiologist and former director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, that’s because it fails to take into account other climate-related factors that could affect death rates — such as population displacement and reductions in labor productivity from farmers due to increased heat.
The WHO estimate, however, didn’t take into account illnesses and deaths tied to disruptions in health services caused by extreme weather and climate events, according to the review, which, however, has not given an updated estimate of climate-change-related deaths. The new review has noted that reduced food production alone is predicted to lead to a net increase of 529,000 adult deaths by 2050. According to World Bank estimates, climate change could force more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030. This, in turn, would make them more vulnerable to the health effects of the changing climate. According to the report, all of this underscores the need for investments and policies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and promote ways to mitigate the health effects of climate change.
According to the report, climate change is causing injuries, illnesses and deaths, with the risks projected to increase substantially with additional climate change, threatening the health of many millions of people. “The pervasive threats to health posed by climate change demand decisive actions from health professionals and governments to protect the health of current and future generations,” it said.
(Agencies)
KAILALI: Hundreds of cows were found dead in sheds being managed at national forest in Ghodaghodi municipality-8 of Kailali. The municipality has managed the sheds for the protection of stray cows. In lack of proper arrangement for feed, drinking water and space for cattle in the sheds, there has been rise in the death toll of cows, said Lal Singh Dhami, a shepherd.
“There is no proper arrangement for drinking water, feed and space required for the protection of cows. The death toll increases as the cattle are tied under the open sky. In the beginning, there were around 3,000 cows in numbers, which has now reduced to only 150”, he shared. The municipality has spent huge amount for cattle management but inability to arrange drinking water and proper space for grazing has caused the increasing death toll of cows in sheds.
Humla : The national polio vaccination campaign has been affected in Humla due to incessant snowfall for two weeks. The vaccination drive was postponed owing to adverse weather.
The immunisation campaign for the district in Karnali Province was scheduled for January 22-23.
We could not conduct the campaign on the set date due to adverse weather conditions, said District Hospital Humla’s ANM Sarita Bohara. The hospital failed mobilize to health workers and vaccination maters to (27) vaccinations centers.
Similarly, vaccinations against measles and rubella have been affected by the snowfall. Over 5,000 children under five were expected to be administered the measles and rubella vaccines this time along with the polio drops.
KATHMANDU: Flights schedule at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), country’s sole international airport, which was affected this morning due to adverse weather, has come back to normalcy.
Flights to and from the airport were disrupted for around three hours due to low visibility triggered by thick fog in the Kathmandu Valley.
The situation has turned to be normal with the improvement in weather, said TIA General Manager Raj Kumar Chhetri.
The lowest level of visibility was measured just only 100-200 meter. It reached to 1,600 meter at around 8:00 am and it came to 1,000 meter at 9:00 am.
For the take-off of international flights, 800 meter visibility is good enough but for the arrival flights, 1,600-3,200 meter is imperative for all sorts of aircrafts ranging from narrow to wide-body.
Similarly, in case of domestic flights, 1,600 meter visibility is needed for narrow-body aircraft.
Presently, 20 air service providing companies including 10 helicopters operate their services while 29 companies including three domestic ones are available for international flights services at TIA. (RSS)
KATHMANDU, Jan. 27: Take-off and landing at the only international airport of the country has been affected due to bad weather this morning.
Very low visibility in Kathmandu Valley has affected flights to and from the Tribhuvan International Airport.
The visibility in the morning had been limited to 1600 meters, according to General Manager of the airport Raj Kumar Chettri.
As a result, all domestic flights have been obstructed. International flights however took place with the visibility at 1600 meters, but they were stopped too after it went down to 1000 meters, according to Chief of Air Traffic Control Sitaram Bhandari.
The weather is constantly improving and flights are likely to resume as the day passes by.
Taking off is possible with 800 meters visibility for international flights but landing would require between 1600 to 3200 meters, depending on the nature of aircraft, Bhandari added.
For domestic flights, 1600 meters is a requirement. (RSS)
BANIYANI: Property worth Rs. 1.15 million was destroyed in two separate incidents of fire that took place in Kankai and Gauradah municipalities of Jhapa district on Sunday.
A fire that broke out at 4:00 this morning in the cowshed of Tek Bahadur Khanal in Baigundhara of Gauradah-9 caused damaged worth Rs. 900,000. The fire reportedly broke out due to electric short circuit, according to spokesperson of District Police Office, Jhapa Mahendra Kumar Shrestha.
The one-storey cowshed, four cattle heads, and paddy and maize stock inside it were gutted in the fire. Fire tender, police and locals worked together to bring the fire under control in an hour, police said.
In a similar incident, a fire broke out in the thatched roof house of Lanka Bahadur Khadka in ward no. 4 of Kankai municipality, causing a loss of Rs. 250,000.
In the incident that took place on Saturday evening, cereals, clothing, poultry and other goods in the house were burnt to ashes, police said.
The reason behind the fire is not yet known.
(RSS)