१४ जेठ, गलेश्वर l दैनिक ज्याला मजदूरी गरेर जीविका चलाउँदै आएका उत्तरी म्याग्दीको अन्नपूर्ण गाउँपालिका–१ दोबाका अमबहादुर राम्जालीले गरीबीका कारण आत्महत्या गरेपछि उनको परिवार बिचल्लीमा परेको छ । चरम गरीबीका कारण छोराछोरीलाई पेटभरि खानसमेत दिन नसकेको पीरले राम्जालीले आत्महत्या गरेपछि श्रीमतीसहित पाँच छोराछोरीको बिचल्ली भएको हो ।

दुई वर्षअघि लोग्नेले यो संसार छाडेर गएपछि छिमेकीको घरमा बस्दै आएकी अमबहादुरकी श्रीमती डल्लीले पाँच छोराछोरीलाई बिहान–बेलुकी हातमुख जोड्न र विद्यालयमा पढाउन निकै समस्या भएको बताइन् ।

बिदा र फुर्सदको समयमा गाउँमा काम गरेर सङ्कलन गरेको पैसाले घरखर्च र शैक्षिक सामग्री खरीद गर्ने गरेको कैशाल माविको कक्षा १० मा अध्ययरत रामजालीकी छोरी कुशुमले बताइन् । “अर्काको घरमा बस्छौँ, चुल्होमा मिठो खानेकुरा पाक्दैन”, उनले भनिन् । उनले छिमेकी र आफन्तलाई मागेर खानुपर्ने बाध्यतालाई लुकाउने कैयौँ रात भोकै सुत्नु परेको बताइन् ।

गरीबीको कारण जेठी छोरी कुमारी राम्जालीले एसइई उत्तीर्ण गरेपछि पढाइ छाडेर घरखर्च जुटाउन दैनिक छिमेकीको खेतमा काम गर्ने गरेकी छन् । कुमारीले भाइबहिनीको पढाइलाई निरन्तरता दिन ज्याला मजदूरी गर्नुपरेको वडा सदस्य मनकुमार गर्बुजाले जानकारी दिए ।

गाउँलेको खेतबारी तथा मेलापर्वमा काम गरेर कुमारीले खर्ज जुटाउने गरेकी छिन् । उनका अनुसार कुमारी पढाइमा समेत अब्बल भए पनि गाउँबाट उच्च शिक्षाका लागि सदरमुकाम जान सक्ने अवस्था नभएकाले घरमै बसेर मेलापात गरी आमा र भाइ बहिनीको हेरचाह गरेकी छिन् । कुमारीको ज्याला मजदूरीबाट कुसुमले कक्षा १०, कुमारले कक्षा आठ, करिना कक्षा चार र काजल कक्षा चारमा पढ्दै आएका छन् । करिना र काजल जुम्ल्याहा हुन् ।

पढ्ने वातावरण भएमा राम्जालीका छोराछोरी पढाइमा अब्बल रहेको विद्यालयका प्रधानाध्यापक शेरबहादुर गर्बुजाले बताए । उनले विद्यालयबाट समेत आवश्यक सहयोग गर्ने गरेको बताए । “उनीहरूलाई सहयोगको आवश्यकता छ, आफ्नो खर्च आफँै जुटाउनुपर्ने अवस्थामा छन्”, गर्बुजाले भने ।

द्वन्द्व प्रभावितका लागि सहयोग वितरण

पोखरामा मुख्य कार्यालय रहेको ‘कोपिला नेपाल’ नामक संस्थाले म्याग्दीका द्वन्द्व प्रभावित परिवारलाई शैक्षिक र आर्थिक सहयोग गरेको छ । सदरमुकाम बेनी र पश्चिम म्याग्दीको दरवाङका गरी १७ द्वन्द्व प्रभावितका बालबालिकालाई प्रतिव्यक्ति रु एक हजार ५०० बराबरका शैक्षिक सामग्री र १५ द्वन्द्व प्रभावित परिवारलाई प्रतिव्यक्ति रु आठ हजारका दरले आयआर्जनका लागि सहयोग गरिएको कोपिला नेपालका सामाजिक सहजकर्ता भुवन सापकोटाले जानकारी दिए ।

सापकोटाले दिएको जानकारीअनुसार जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालयबाट प्राप्त द्वन्द्व प्रभावितका तथ्याङ्कका आधारमा स्थानीय जनप्रतिनिधिको रोहवरमा सहयोग सामग्री र रकम वितरण गरिएको हो । सोही अवसरमा बालबालिका र द्वन्द्व प्रभावितलाई मनो–सामाजिक तालीम पनि प्रदान गरिएको थियो । (रासस)

28 may, Banke – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Nepalgunj office has received 761 complaints of violation of rights till the first nine months (till April 13) of the current fiscal year.

The data shows that Banke (284) is ahead in the entire State 5 in terms of the violation of human rights. The district is followed by Rolpa (132), Bardiya (166), east Rukum (81), Dang (77) and Pyuthan (21).

This figure includes the violation of human rights, civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, child rights, caste-based discriminations, women rights and torture-related cases. The office has completed investigations into grievances and recommended the central office for action in regard with 114 cases.

According to office human rights officer Ramesh Rawat, 40 survivors of several incidences were given the socio-counselling services. Office chief Chandra Kanta Chapagain said the office is working with full commitments to ensuring the rights of citizen and preventing violent activities.

“The Commission is much concerned about incidences of violence, murder, looting, rape, child labour and violence against women taking place in the country,” he said, seeking the cooperation from the state and other bodies to build a just and better society. (RSS)

28 may,Dolkha- Armed Police Force has arrested four persons with a hide of snow leopard from Olitar of Bigu rural municipality-4.

A team of APF 18 Company led by Inspector Suman Kumar BK seized an eight feet hide and a pulsar motorcycle (Ba 90 Pa 8519) from the arrestees identified as Milan Gole of Bhimeshwor municipality-2, Jagadhish Khadka of Gaurishankar rural municipality-5 and Bhim Bahadur Tamang of Bigu rural municipality-4.

They have been handed to the Gaurishankar Conservation Area Contact Office, Charikot for investigation, said the AFP. (RSS)

28 may, kathmandu- An international conference on Himalayan tourism cooperation is taking place for the first time on May 29.

To be organised by the International Himalayan Tourism Cooperation in collaboration with the Nepal Tourism Board and Nepal Association of Tours &Travel Agents (NATTA), more than 150 representatives from various organisations working in mountain sector of various 10 countries will participate, said NATTA President CN Pandey.

The venue for the conference is Hotel Yak & Yeti. “The conference will help make ‘Visit Nepal Year, 2020’ a success,” he said. Likewise, 250 Nepali representatives who work in tourism sector will participate.

More than 120 pictures of mountains will be put on display, and various tourism organisations are scheduled to present working papers on mountains, said Pandey. (RSS)

28 may, kathmandu –The main opposition Nepali Congress has expressed concerns and condemned an attack on security personnel Kalpana Khadka.

A group of some people sprinkled petrol and set fire to her while in the line of duty in Bharatpur municipality-12 in Chitwan district.

Khadka injured in the attack is receiving treatment at a local hospital. Issuing a statement by NC chief whip Bal Krishna Khand, the NC wished for a speedy recovery of Khadka, and demanded that the government brings the attackers to justice and provides free treatment for the victim. (RSS)

28 may, lamjung- A man was killed after being struck by lightning at Madhyanepal municipality-3 in the district on Monday evening. Local resident Sunil Sankhi, 18, died on the spot.

Some body parts of Sankhi were burnt down in lightning, said the police. The local people reported the incident to the police shortly after they recovered Sankhi dead in the farmland at 11 am the same night.

Sankhi’s family launched a search after he failed to return home the late night from the farmland where had gone to prepare a nursery bed for paddy seedlings around five kilometers away from the house.

Shortly after a team from Bhorletar Area Police Office reached the incident site. Body of Sankhi has been taken to Damauli Hospital for a postmortem. (RSS)

28 may, Bhadrapur-Seventy three tankers carrying petroleum products heading to Nepal have been stuck at the Panitanki custom of West Bengal, India, for the past four days, creating shortage of fuels in the eastern Nepal.

The custom held the tankers citing the launch of an entry system online, said Lokmani Poudel, information officer at the office of Nepal Oil Corporation, Charali. The tankers are meant to enter Nepal through an eastern transit of Nepal.

As a result, all petrol stations in districts of Mechi Zone including Jhapa, Ilam, Panchthar and Taplejung have been shut, he said. Approximately 100,000 liters of petrol and 300,000 liters of diesel are consumed on a daily basis in the districts, he said.

Although India started going online in keeping record of tankers crossing the Nepal-India border from Friday, the custom held the Nepali tankers citing a problem in the system, he said, adding that the custom has been requested to release the tankers soon. (RSS)

28 may, bhojpur-A woman has slashed her three-year-old son to death with a khukuri at Panitanki of Bhojpur municipality-9.

Samjhana Thapa, spouse of Surya, 25, chopped off her son, Sambodhan into two pieces, said the police. The attack took place in the upper floor of her brother-in-law, Raman Rai. Samjhana is said to be suffering from a mental disorder. The police have held Samjhana and started investigations.

Originally from Ramprasad Rai rural municipality, she was living with her deceased son in a rented apartment at Panitanki.(RSS)

May 27 , SAO PAULO :   Clashes between inmates killed 15 people at a jail in Amazonas state in northern Brazil on Sunday, the regional prison authority said.

 The clashes broke out around 11:00 am (1500 GMT) during visiting hours at the facility, located some 28 kilometers (17 miles) from state capital Manaus.

“It was a fight between the inmates. There had never been deaths during the visits,” Colonel Marcos Vinicius Almeida told a news conference.

Some of the inmates were stabbed with sharpened toothbrushes, while others had been strangled, Almeida said, adding that an investigation has been opened to determine the cause of the fight. He emphasized that authorities had reacted within minutes to the Sunday violence, preventing a potentially worse result.

The same facility was the scene of a prison rebellion that lasted almost 20 hours and left 56 people dead in January 2017. Brazil has the world’s third largest prison population, with 726,712 inmates as of June 2016, according to official statistics.

The population is double the capacity of the nation’s prisons, which in the same year was estimated to be 368,049 inmates. Along with severe overcrowding, Brazil’s prisons are plagued by gang violence, while riots and breakout attempts are not uncommon.

In September, heavily armed men detonated explosives outside the gate of a prison in northeastern Brazil and then shot their way inside, killing a policeman and releasing 92 inmates, about half of whom were later recaptured.

The previous April, a military-style battle erupted between guards and prisoners aided by outside associates, leaving 21 people dead at a prison in Belem, near the Amazon rainforest.

  The attackers in that case tried to blow up a wall to help the would-be escapees. One policeman was killed alongside 20 prisoners and their associates.

  In January 2017, Brazilian police had to launch a massive manhunt after 184 inmates escaped from two prisons in Amazonas state following a gruesome 17-hour bloodbath between rival gangs that left 56 prisoners dead, many beheaded.

Brazil’s prisons are home to the leaders of several drug trafficking organizations, and the crisis in the country’s penitentiaries has had a ripple effect.

Earlier this year, a wave of about 80 attacks on public buildings, banks, buses and gas stations was blamed on newly announced measures to tighten control of prisons.
— RSS

May 27 LIMA :   At least one person was killed and 11 others injured after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northern Peru on Sunday morning, said the head of the National Emergency Operations Center (COEN) Ricardo Seijas.

Dario Munoz, 48, a resident of San Ignacio, in northern Cajamarca department, died at his home when a rock fell on top of his house. The focus of the quake, which occurred at 2:41 a.m. local time (0741 GMT), was located at a depth of 141 km in the province of Alto Amazonas in the northern department of Loreto, according to the Geophysics Institute of Peru (IGP).

Seijas said the quake damaged about 130 homes, three schools and six clinics or hospitals. The strong earthquake was also felt in Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia.Enditem
—  Xinhua