Dhangadhi, Mar 18:The participants of a door to door interaction programme between the administration and the general public organised on Friday at Hasuliya vdc of Kailali district which has borders with India demanded that the acts of threatening, arresting, harassing and raiding the houses of the innocent Nepalese people by Indian border police by illegally entering Nepalese territory   be stopped immediately.

At the interaction organised by the Kailali district administration office with an objective of making effective the services of the district offices and expediting development works, the participants demanded that   special measures  be taken to stop the encroachment of the forests, embankment be constructed  in the rivers Mohana and Kateni to check floods causing damage every year,  and Gurgi dam be built for irrigation purpose.

They also demanded that good quality and effective services be provided by the service centres run by the government offices, communication facilities and health centres be set up, and a bridge be built on the Kateni river at Ratanpur vdc which  turns into an  island during the rainy season.

At the programme participated in by one thousand people including the people’s representatives and general public of  Hasuliya, Ratanpur, Pawera, Udasipur and Basauti vdcs, the speakers called for resolving the landless squatters problem  impartially,  steps be taken for  the emancipation of  the Kamaiyas, and the Hulaki road from Hasuliya to Pawera be constructed.

On the occasion,  district office chiefs and the representatives answered queries raised  regarding  agriculture, administration, forest, irrigation,  land survey, law and order, livestock services, public health, and land revenue offices.

Speaking on the occasion, cdo Tana Gautam   said enthusiasm is needed to expedite the development works as well as end anomalies adding  that the administration is ever ready to solve the problems of the people.

He said the administration is determined to provide the people a sense of security from the terrorist activities.

Superintendent of police Sharada Bhakta Ranjit called on the guardians to take care of their children as they are recruited by the terrorists by threatening them.

Local development officer Khadak Bahadur Rana called for identifying urgent projects  in view of the limited resources of the country and forging people’s participation to complete them.