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The Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal, the umbrella organization of community forest users' groups, on Thursday staged a demonstration in Kathmandu demanding annulment of Forest Regulation 2079.

Saying that the Regulation was against the constitution, federalism, Forest Act 2076, community forest rights and women rights, the federation staged the demonstration at Maitighar in Kathmandu demanding annulment of the Forest Regulation 2079.

Federation Chairman Bharati Pathak said that they were compelled to stage the protest after the government brought the Regulation to put the community forest consumers, who contributed to the forest sector, in difficulty.

The federation has been staging demonstrations in district, province and central level to mount pressure on the government to scrap the Regulation.

People displaced after the Saptakoshi river coursed through settlements in Udayapur have started falling sick.

The people, who have been living in tents arranged by the government, have started suffering from viral fever.

Belka Municipal Hospital medical superintendent Dr Bishal Rai said that the people are believed to have been taken ill by drinking contaminated water and unhealthy food.

He said that the children and elderly people have been affected the most.

Dr Rai said that they have been providing treatment to the people by going to their tents.

Apart from that, over two dozen people visit the hospital on a daily basis.

“Most of the people are found falling sick by drinking contaminated water and unhealthy food,” Dr Rai said, adding, “They are suffering from high fever, diarrhea and vomiting.”

“People have fallen sick as the food products provided by the government to the flood displaced people are found to be of poor quality,” flood victim Manisha Majhi said.

Locals said that though the high-ranking officials have visited the area, no one has shown interest in resolving the problem.

So far, 1, 051 people of 109 families were displaced after the floods gushed into the human settlements, SP Gyanendra Prasad Phuyal said.

They have been kept in Koshi Janata Secondary School and in the building of the Red Cross in Bandanda among other places.

Municipal Chief Ashok Karki said that 2, 500 families were displaced after Koshi river entered the settlements.

Five women heading to the UAE from the Immigration Office of the Tribhuvan International Airport have been arrested.

The Immigration Office apprehended the women heading to the UAE via Kuwait after the officials found the documents submitted to the office fake. They have been handed over to the police.

According to a source, the detainees have been identified as Maya Tamang Parbati Sarki,  Anju Bohara, Karuna Singh Thakuri and Somi Dhimal.

"The plus 2 certificates submitted by them are found to be fake. They even did not have travel history," an official at the Immigration Office said.

The women were preparing to go to the UAE via Kuwait by Jazeera Air.

The Home Ministry has been discouraging the people from working in Gulf countries on tourist visas.

It has been learnt that the human trafficking racket were preparing to take the women to UAE with false promises of lucrative jobs.

Chemical fertilizers (Urea) procured by the Agriculture Inputs Company Limited through global bidding are being supplied to different districts.

A total of 5,000 metric tons of chemical fertilizers imported to the country is being supplied to different districts. Altogether 100,000 sacks of chemical fertilizers were imported to Birgunj in two phases.

Information Officer at Agriculture Inputs Company Limited Provincial Office Birgunj, Alok Kumar said that the chemical fertilizer is being sent to different districts as per the need.

"Remaining quantity of chemical fertilizer will be imported. 12,000 metric tons of fertilizers are being transported to the country (Birgunj) through Sirsiya dry port", he added.

The office has been supplying chemical fertilizers in 16 districts, including Madhes province districts, Kathmandu, Kavre, Dhading, Makawanpur, Sindhuli, Chitwan, Tanahun, Parbat, Nuwakot and Kaski.

The fertilizer is being distributed to the farmers through the Agriculture Inputs Company Office based in different districts.

The government had entrusted the Swiss Singapore Overseas Enterprises with the responsibility for importing 30,000 metric tons of chemical fertilizers that was purchased from Oman through global bidding.