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Date expired medicines were found distributed to the patients in a free eye camp organized in Haldibari of Jhapa. After the incident came to light, the Haldibari Rural Municipality formed a three-member probe committee. A village executive meeting formed the three-member committee under the headship of Health Branch Head Pushkar Niraula. Administration Branch Chief Rajan Neupane and Accounts Head Deepak Bhattarai are the members of the committee. Health Branch Chief Nirula said that the committee will submit the probe report to the rural municipality within three days. A total of 501 people underwent eye tests in the camp. Among them, 378 persons were distributed glasses and 26 have been referred to the Mechi Netralaya for cataract surgery. The Sterile eye medicine distributed in the camp has expiry dates of April 2022 and November 2021 Haldibari-4 Ward Chairman Santa Kumar Thapa said that he has no knowledge about the incident. The expired medicines were found in 11 families of the same village, local Pankaj Sah said.

The government is all set to run the National Vitamin 'A' Campaign for children from the second week of April. Director at Family Welfare Division under the Department of Health Service Dr Bibek Kumar lal said that vitamin 'A' and de-worming tablets would be administered to the children across the country on April 19-20. According to him, vitamin 'A' capsules would be administered to the children from six to 59 months and de-worming tablets to the children from 1-5 years. The Division has issued a circular to the province and local level to lend support to make the campaign a success.

Police have arrested an Indian national with 3 kg cocaine from the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). A team of Narcotics Bureau apprehended the Indian national while he was leaving for New Delhi on an Indigo Air flight on Tuesday. A police source said that the Indian national was detained after the x-ray machine of the departure room detected the cocaine. The Indian national has been identified as Bhanlalmi. The Narcotics Control Bureau is organizing a press conference at 2 pm today to inform about the incident.

The Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) has urged visitors to the temple not to carry plastic materials, bearing in mind the increasing environmental pollution around the temple area. The Trust today issued a notice informing the public about its decision to ban plastic materials on the temple premises from today, citing it as a major cause of increasing pollution in the temple area. It has sought the cooperation from all to implement the decision. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation's three-month long weekly cleanliness campaign is underway in the Pashupati area.