Biratnagar, Jan. 23 : Chairman of National Assembly Social Justice Committee Jeevan Prem Shrestha has said that lack of clear approach, monitoring and on-site study has hampered the task of properly addressing the issues of human well-being and concern brought forth by His Majesty’s Government

Talking to rss reporter here today, Mr. Shrestha said a study team of the committee found inmates in prisons of Jhapa and Morang districts being kept in an inhuman manner.

Sixty inmates were found packed in a room in Jhapa prison, which is sufficient for five persons only and the condition of inmates in Morang prison was not better, he said.

The committee has been constituted to study the state and problems relating to human rights, children, backward communities and the blind and disabled in the country.

According to an on site study team of the committee, the debt relief programme run by His Majesty’s Government to liberate the bonded labourers does not seem effective enough to relieve them of their existing conditions.

Stating that His Majesty’s Government should implement a separate but effective policy for the abolition of the Kamaiya tradition and run an uplfitment programme for the “Badi” community in order to encourage them to seek other  dignified professions, Mr. Shrestha stressed the need for an extensive public awareness programme and special training for police administration to face up to the social challenges like girl trafficking.

Noting that Dalits (suppressed or untouchables) in the country are in a pitiable condition, member of the team and mp shanta Manawi said His Majesty’s Government should run special programmes and generate more opportunities for education and employment.

The team also found that the old age allowance has not been able to reach elderly people living in “old age homes”, and orphans living in orphanage are facing citizenship problems.

Bodies responsible for maintaining law and order were found useless in majority of the districts and that the official media were found lagging behind in publicizing serious humanitarian issues.

The National Assembly Social Justice committee has completed a study of issues of human well-being and concerns in Kailali, Kanchanpur, Dang, Chitwan, Rupandehi, Gorkha, Dhanusa, Siraha, Saptari, Sarlahi, Mahottari, Sunsari and Jhapa districts.

In course of its on site study tour, the team also found in many districts that non-government organisations were challenging local bodies in matters of human well-being and concerns,  and development works and this has brought the dynamism of the government under question, chairman Shrestha said.

Some non-governmental organisations were also found not working in the field of human well-being and concerns, he said, adding the activities of such organisations should be monitored by the government, he added.

The study team led by committee chairman Jeeven Prem Shrestha includes mps Mahendra Kumar Mishra, Surendra Prasad Pandey, Shanta Manawi, Ambika Pant, Bisweswara Dahal, Bijul Biswokarma, Rabindralal Shrestha, Rishibabu Pariyar and Kainya Chaudhary.