Janakpurdham, Jan. 19: A team of the National Assembly social justice committee paid an inspection visit to the old people’s home here Tuesday.

The team was formed with a view to giving policy recommendations to the government on the human rights and educational situation, uplift of poor women, the down-trodden and various communities, protection of children’s’ right, uplift of the disabled and helpless people in the country.

The team has already completed its visit to western and far western regions and is currently visiting eastern region.

On the occasion, chairman of the committee Jivan Prem Shrestha said the team would apprise the government of the problem facing the old-age home.

It would also hold a programme of interaction with women, the down-trodden, associations and institutions to identify their problems, he said.

Secretary of the old-age home Damodar Prasad Upadhyaya urged a fund of six hundred thousand rupees allocated for the old-age home this year be made available.

There are thirty-two old people aged between 60 and 85 being taken care of at the old-age home at present.

The team includes Mrs Ambika Panta, Rishi Babu Pariyar, Kaiya Chaudhary, Bijuli Kumar Biswakarma, Mrs Vishweswara Dahal, Mahendra Mishra, Shanta Manavi, Surendra Pandey and the committee secretary Birendra Bahadur Karki.