NC Central Working Committee meeting today
The Central Working Committee meeting of the Nepali Congress will be held at 1 pm at the party’s central office in Sanepa on Thursday.
The meeting is scheduled to discuss preparations for the Mahasamiti meeting of the party to be held at Godavari in Lalitpur from February 19 to 23.
NC Central Office Chief Secretary Krishna Prasad Paudel said that the meeting will focus on the issues of the upcoming General Committee meeting.
The party has also requested the office-bearers, members and invitee members of the party's central working committee to attend today's meeting.
President Paudel attends Basanta Shrawan ceremony
President Ram Chandra Paudel attended the Basanta Panchami ceremony and listened to the recitation of religious scriptures celebrating Goddess Saraswati at Nasal Chowk of Hanumandhoka today.
The basanta shravan is organized every year on Saraswati puja. Saraswati is the Goddess of knowledge and learning.
President Paudel also received tika and prasad on the occasion.
Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Speaker Devraj Ghimire, Chief Justice Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, and high -evel dignitaries also attended the ceremony.
Govt effortful in managing water supply in Kathmandu Valley throughout the year
Minister for Water Supply Mahindra Raya Yadav has asserted that the government is effortful in managing water supply in the Kathmandu Valley throughout the year.
Addressing a program marking the 16th anniversary of Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) here on Tuesday, he said efforts are on to find available water sources at the various local levels in the Valley to that connection.
"There is a demand of 510 million liters water daily in the Valley, whereas we have been able to supply only 170 million liters at present," Minister Yadav said, adding that discussions are going on regarding the local governments identifying and conserving water sources at the local level for providing clean water to the Valley folks.
On the occasion, he stressed on the need of restructuring the KUKL for addressing the problem of water shortage in Kathmandu Valley. The Water Supply Minister also acknowledged that the state has not been able to supply adequate quantity of water to the Valley from the Melamchi Water Supply Project despite the passage of 22 years since making that promise.
According to him, the Melamchi Water Supply Project could not regularly supply water to the Valley due to the lack of physical structures, technical workforce and the required equipment, among other causes.
He also expressed concern over the drying up of water sources and brooks, and snow melting in the mountains due to the climate change, stressing on taking steps to mitigate this to prevent the impending water crisis in the country.
PM Dahal assures of addressing issues of cooperatives victims
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that he is effortful to provide justice to victims of cooperatives and microfinances' mismanagement.
During his meeting with a delegation from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar today, the Prime Minister assured of addressing the concerns of those affected by the mismanagement of cooperatives and microfinances soon.
On the occassion, the delegation comprising party President Rabi Lamichhane, Vice President Dr Swarnim Wagle and others submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister seeking the government effective intervention to resolve the problem.
"I am highly serious about this matter. A large number of depositors have been subjugated to fraud in cooperatives and microfinances," he said, adding that he was committed to ensuring justice to them. The Prime Minister sought the party's support to sort out the matter.
