HELLO NEPAL

The Himalayan Times 18 July 2019 Ensure public health Nepal used to be and is known with its abundant water resources, dense natural forests, existence of popular Himalayan ranges and unique traditional farming system. However, not all these saying are still relevant, especially those dense forests and traditional farming system. The forest cover has been gradually shrinking due to the government’s poor governance and human encroachment. Illegal logging is another serious factor for the gradual disappearance of forest areas. Traditional farming practices are almost gone in the country and have been replaced by modern farming system where organic fertilizers have been badly displaced by heavy use of pesticides. Having said this, who is to blame for the situation? Was it the central government and its policies? Was it the people who encroached forest land in close collaboration with political party leaders? Is the District Forest Office, responsible for the managem...

The Himalayan Times 4 July 2019 Failing to deliver The number of political parties in Nepal during the transition phase, following the Second Janandolan, crossed over five dozen. All these known and unknown political parties had come up with fancy agenda and manifestos to lure the voters towards them. Some of the leaders of these fringe parties even got the opportunity to serve as ministers in the different ministries under separate coalition governments of Nepali Congress, the UML and the Maoist-Centre. Following the three levels of elections held as per the new constitution, most of the fringe parties got sidelined from the political arena.  The then UML and the then NCP-Maoist decided to unite their parties to form the Nepal Communist Party, fought the elections with rosy manifestos, won a near two thirds majority and has been running the government, led by K.P.Oli, for the last 16 months. However, the government has not been able to show any tangible pro-pe...

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It was an very interesting article in one of the widely read Nepali News paper, Naya Patrika, about recent event held in Kathmandu where PM KP Oli was sitting in a king-sized sofa placed just in front  of other guests. Among them was Senior Citizen and widely respected person Mr. Satya Mohan Joshi. Couldn't the organizer place the chairs in one row so that PM would not be blamed or PM himself ask the organizer to rearrange the chairs? Shame on the event organizer. आज मिति १७ असार ०७६ मंगलबार को नया पत्रिका मा कृष्ण ज्वाला ज्युको फरक मत मा "प्रधानमंत्रीको फरक सोफा " लेख पद्नु भा छैन भने एक पल्ट एशो कृपा लाउनु होला है, हजुर । साह्रै समय सापेक्ष लेख लेख्नु भा छ । I have tweeted this today after reading the article of Mr. Krishnajwala Devkota. @bbangdel.com https://www.nayapatrikadaily.com/news-details/18581/2019-07-02

The Himalayan Times 27 June 2019 Gross misuse of power Nepal is experimenting with the federal structure following the three levels of elections held almost 15 months ago. Both the provincial and local level governments are working in their own ways due to lack of proper guidelines and necessary acts to be provided by the federal government. All the Chief Ministers had expressed their grievances to the Prime Minster in running the provinces during the Development Board Committee Meeting recently held in Kathmandu. This situation has created confusion and doubts over the intention of the central government about its seriousness in implementing federalism in real sense. Also, the common people hear and read about the monopoly of some of the provincial and local governments in handling their state affairs, undermining and interpreting the constitutional provisions to suit their own purpose. For example, the decisions of some provincial governments to procure expens...

The Himalayan Times 20 June 2019 Duplication of projects Nepal is still passing through a political change that was brought in by the second Jana Andolan in 2062/63. The three tiers of elections held in accordance with the new constitution gave legitimacy to the three levels of government. These governments, however, do not seem to be performing as per the people’s expectations. One of the main reasons behind the sloppy performance of the provincial and local level governments is the lack of qualified and trained human resources. And the federal government at the centre has been embroiled in multiple problems.  In accordance with the constitution, every government has to bring in the budget for the overall development of the nation. All the governments in the past used to present their annual budget with tall promises. However, most of their budget remained unspent due to either the poor planning process or overambitious programme and unrealistic budget. The...

The Himalayan Times 13 June 2019 Respect traditions Nepal is known for its unique multicultural, multi-religious and multi-ethnic communities. Different ethnic groups have been maintaining their traditional culture and social values respecting each other’s century old identities, honouring each other’s existence and living together harmoniously. It is also rich in its natural resources. In the meantime, Nepal and its people have seen and experienced different political upheavals in its political history. It experienced Rana’s autocratic regime, partyless Panchayat system, constitutional monarchy and multiparty system and it is now a republic governed by a two thirds majority government since the last fifteen months. People are the sovereign of this republic in accordance with the constitution. However, looking at the ongoing political performance and the high handedness of the government, it seems this is limited to the provisions of the constitution. People ...