Bhadrapur, April 17:The eastern regional gathering of the Tribhuwan University Democratic Employees Panel and the Central Working Committee began at Bhadrapur Sunday.
Inaugurating the gathering, NC Jhapa president Sudhir Shiwakoti called on the T. U. teachers and employees to dedicate themselves to providing education that is useful for life and for the promotion of civil society.
Central president of the T. U. Employees Association Bhola Prasad Dhakal said the state should help the T.U. establish itself as an educational pillar of the Kingdom.
Also speaking on the occasion were central president of the T.U. Employees Democratic Panel Parashu Ram Koirala, Mechi Campus chief Bal Krishna Chaudhari, Mechi unit president of the Nepal T.U. Teachers Association Prithvi Bikram Rai, president of the Democratic University Teachers Group Ram Nath Banskota and Constituency No 1 president of NC Madan Gurung.
Altogether 50 individuals from various campuses of the eastern development region are taking part at the function presided over by the convenor of the T.U Democratic employees group of Mechi Campus Yogendra Prasad Dahal.
In Kapilvastu, director general of the Nepal Family Planning Association Dr. Yagya Bahadur Karki inaugurated a two-room building for the reproductive health centre at Phulika VDC, Kapilvastu.
On the occasion, Dr. Karki said that the centre would be a substitute for costly hospitals and nursing homes for the treatment of sexual and reproductive health disorders prevalent in the rural areas.
Central director of NFPA vision 2000 project Khagendra Nath Adhikari expressed the conviction that mortality among patients of reproductive health would drop after the launching of the centre.
The building was constructed at a cost of Rs. 120,000.
In Janakpurdham, a Sita-Kedar Chalise Trust has been instituted here with a view to launching a variety of programmes to raise the academic, social and economic status of people living below the poverty line.
The trust is to help the poor in Mahottari, Dhanusa and Kathmandu by providing lodging facilities when they come to Kathmandu for medical treatment or because of litigation.
Initiating the trust, sage at Janaki temple Tapeswar Das Baishnav said social service is a wholesome deed for mankind and expressed confidence that the trust would be of great help to the helpless and poor.
Chairman of the trust Niranjan Parsad Chalise said the trust is contemplating extending cooperation to the victims of natural calamities as well as to the children of the poor in Ropla, Rukum, Jajarkot, Salyan and Sidhuli districts for their education.
A revolving fund of Rs. 1,000,000 has been set up in the name of the late Kedarnath Chalise and Sita Chalise by their family. Sita chalise is patron of the trust.
Meanwhile, the University of Western Sydney of Hawkesburg, Australia has awarded doctorate degree to Jagadish Chandra Baral, a resident of Sindhuli for his research paper entitled “government intervention and local process in community forestry in the hills of Nepal.”
Dr. Baral who has been working as forest officer at the district forest office Siraha is effortful of enhancing people’s participation in the conservation of forest in the Chure Hills in Nepal.
Known as the founder of the Shey Fokshundo National Park, he has already worked as an officer at the department of national parks and wildlife conservation, forest technical advisor at the national planning commission and forest officer in various districts.
Dr. Baral was born in baseswor VDC Ward No 8 in Hokshila Village, Sindhuli district in 2011 B.S.
Similarly, the Nepal India Friendship Association has said it is very much concerned about the Indian Airlines Flight not being resumed till date and implored the authorities of the two countries for the resumption of the flight without losing any time.
A press release issued by the association states that it is the Nepalese and Indian who have been mostly affected by the Indian Airlines being held in abeyance and if this situation continues, the century-old cordial relations existing between the two countries is likely to dampen.