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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal inaugurated the Lumbini cable car on Thursday. Prime Minister Dahal formally inaugurated the cable car by unveiling a copper plaque at the bottom station in Golpark Bamghat of Butwal. The cable car is around three kilometers long and it is operated from Golpark Bamghat of Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City-3 to Basantapur of Tinau Rural Municipality-3 in Palpa district. It is the first cable car in Lumbini Province. Basantapur, where one can reach from Lumbini cable car, has Kamakhyadevi Temple, as well as Bhagwati Temple, Ganesh Temple, Kailash Parbat, and other structures like pond, stone spout, and it has now become a religious tourism destination. An agreement has already been reached among Lumbini Cable Car Company, Butwal Sub-Metropolis and Tinau Rural Municipality for daily operation of the cable car. The IME Group constructed and brought the cable car into operation on its investment. This is the third cable car run by IME Group. Chairperson of Lumbini Cable Car Pvt Ltd Chandra Prasad Dhakal said that with the operation of Lumbini cable car, a new religious and tourism destination has been added in Basantapur. He said, "We became successful in constructing and bringing the Lumbini cable car into operation due to the love, goodwill and support of the federal government, Lumbini province government, local government as well as local brothers and sisters." It is believed that the cable car connecting Rupandehi and Palpa districts would help in economic and social transformation of Rupandehi, Palpa, Nawalparasi, Kapilvastu districts as well as overall Lumbini Province. This project would be a milestone to fulfill the desire and wish of political leaders and people of Lumbini Province of making Rupandehi as the financial capital of Lumbini Province, mentioned Chair Dhakal. He also announced a new campaign for construction of a cable car religious tourism circuit. In the first phase, Rs 1.5 billion has been invested for the construction of a cable car. The total cost of the cable car project along with the resort is Rs 5 billion. Restaurants have already been constructed at the top station of the cable car while a hotel, children playground, skywalk, zipline are under construction. The bottom station is 230 meters above the sea level and the top station is 940 meters above the sea level. There are 25 gondolas in the cable car. One can reach the top station within 10 minutes travel from the bottom station.  

Hot air or loo is likely to continue in the Tarai belt of the country. The Weather Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology urged one and all to adopt necessary alert measures to keep protected from the possible consequences. Issuing a special bulletin on hot air and loo, the Division urged the public to remain cautious of the abrupt rise in maximum and minimum temperatures and subsequent effects in the southern plain areas for at least next five days. 'As per the study and analysis of lower and upper environments, it seems this year's monsoon arrival will still take some more days in Nepal. Thus, hot air and loo will continue to prevail in the southern plains of the country for additional five days. The general public are requested to adopt cautionary measures to get protected from rising temperature', the bulletin stated. As temperature is predicted to gradually increase in the mountainous areas as well, the general public are asked to remain updated on the alerts issued by the division, the bulletin noted. Meteorologist Govinda Kumar Jha said loo is predicted to prevail for next five days. 'Loo has continued in most of the territories of Tarai for the past couple of days. Temperature has exceeded 40 degree Celsius from the central part of Tarai to Bhairahawa area. Areas, including Nepalgunj also have witnessed 40 plus degree temperature which has resulted in hot waves', he further shared. Loo is a strong hot wind which is considered to prevail when temperature continuously remains 40 plus degree Celsius for five days. Meteorologist Jha further said loo was prevailing with the rise in temperature and dryness in lack of rain. Presently there is a higher effect of westerly wind and local wind in the country. It is predicted that mountainous belts of the country will witness partial to general changes. The Kathmandu Valley has witnessed minimum temperature of 17.5 degree and maximum 32 degree Celsius today.  

Two persons died on the spot when a jeep met with an accident at Sera Bazaar in Raskot Municipality-2 of Kalikot on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Man Bahadur Shahi and his wife Mana Kumari Shahi of Raskot Municipality-1. Ritu Singh of the same ward was critically injured in the incident that occurred at around 7 am today. She is undergoing treatment at the Raskot Hospital. “The driver was wearing his shoes at the bus park of Sera Bazaar. The vehicle was in neutral. The jeep fell into the river in the same situation and met with an accident,” local Deepak Simkhada said. Further investigation into the incident is underway, police said.    

My nature is such that most of my decisions and reactions are based on what makes my life easier. While there is nothing wrong in thinking about your needs and taking action to fulfill them, reflecting on my patterns helped me understand how thinking only about myself could lead me to contribute to problems I was complaining about. On the surface, I would say that I wanted solutions to my problems (by wanting the other person to change). I wasn’t aware of my blame-oriented mindset until I participated in My Emotions Matter’s 10-hour Emotional Intelligence Mindset Course. I realized that I was blinded to the fact that I valued justifying myself more than finding lasting solutions to my interpersonal relationship problems. A few days ago, I had to work collaboratively with my newly married sister-in-law who values perfection. I’m someone who likes working independently with minimum micromanagement whereas my sister-in-law’s desire for perfectionism makes her want to ensure every little detail is to her liking. As a result of that need, she’s more likely to want to supervise. Given the difference in our natures, it was difficult for us to collaborate. When my sister in-law supervised me when working in the kitchen together, I saw her as someone who was acting from a place of superiority (I saw her as an obstacle I needed to overcome). I felt that she micromanaged me in every step because she wanted to prove that I was incapable of doing anything by myself. As a result of this perception, I got my defense mechanisms up and tried to do more and more things by myself with the need to prove to her that I was fully capable of working independently in the kitchen. As a more experienced person when it comes to working in the kitchen, this led her to trust me even less. She felt I was being arrogant by not considering her advice. As a result, she became more assertive, which in turn, I perceived negatively (and therefore gave me the justification that I was right in what I was doing). Looking back, I can see how we were stuck in a blame game and inviting each other to continue playing that game. Before taking this course, if someone were to ask me any question about her, I would probably rant and complain about how she just finds flaws in everything that I do. But after going through the sessions, I have now understood the place she comes from when correcting me. She values perfectionism and by virtue she has the need to correct things that are or could potentially be wrong. She does so, keeping the end goal of having perfect results in mind and not with the intention of hurting me (this was hard for me to see earlier). This reflection that I had in the session was such an eye-opener. It made me feel guilty for all the times I developed resentful feelings toward my sister-in-law when working with her. The contemplative space offered by the course gave me a chance to take an honest look at myself and my role in the problems I was complaining about. Once I found this insight about my dynamics with my sister in-law, I was no longer burdened with needing to justify my behaviors. I started seeing her as a human who supervises me not to find flaws in me but to fulfill her objective of obtaining perfect outcomes. This lowered my vindictiveness towards her and ultimately, I contributed positively to the relationship, saving it from drowning in the never ending ebbs and flows of blame and justifications. The concept of blame game has therefore taught me a few valuable lessons about our relationships: My defensiveness provokes others to also become defensive. Not realizing my contribution, I take their behaviors as proof for why I’m right for doing what I’m doing (and how others are wrong). As long as I’m in a blame-oriented mindset, I will not have the headspace to look for solutions to problems that cripples my relationships. If my mindset started (or at the very least maintained) the problem, I don’t have to wait for others for solutions. I can make the first move. I can shift my mindset. Shifting my mindset doesn’t ensure that the other person will change theirs. But as long as I’m operating from a blame-oriented mindset, it will most definitely encourage them to continue being in the same mindset. At the very least, I owe it to myself to shift to a care-oriented mindset and not make my life more complicated than it needs to be (and this is the only thing I have control over). The author is the project coordinator at My Emotions Matter, an education initiative that helps individuals and teams learn the mindset and skills of Emotional Intelligence. You can learn more at myemotionsmatter.com