KATHMANDU: Lawmakers have demanded to distribute the grants to the 2015 Gorkha earthquake survivors for the house re-construction without further delay.
During the zero and special hour in the Legislature-Parliament today, the lawmakers drew the attention of the government stating that tens of thousands of households have not yet received the housing grant even after 27 months of the devastating Gorkha earthquake in 2015.
Furthermore, many people in various places across the country have been hit hard due to landslide and floods while most of the land remains barren in Tarai due to lack of irrigation facility.
Stating that the fertile lands should be protected by controlling river erosion, the lawmakers urged the government to declare Tarai as drought-hit area and help the farmers who have not been able to transplant paddy for lack of irrigation facility.
Similarly, some lawmakers alerted the government about the constitutional compulsion and responsibility of holding elections of House of Representatives and province assembly within January 21 next year as well as about the food shortage in Karnali.
Likewise, the lawmakers also demanded to probe into the murder of three children of Arun Rural Municipality in Bhojpur district. They also demanded that the government brief the Parliament about its initiatives taken to open Tatopani check point.
They further demanded that the Land Reform and Management Ministry should be serious to resolve problems of landless squatters while the problem of sugarcane farmers and that of those affected by the Budhigandaki Hydropower Project be addressed. Stress was also laid on collecting voters name list in the wards.
Lawmakers including Kamal Prasad Pangeni, Rabindra Adhikari, Agni Prasad Sapkota, Kunti Shahi, Avishekh Pratap Shah, Mahendra Raya Yadav and Anuradha Thapa Magar, among others had presented their views in zero hour whereas Kripasur Sherpa, Krishna Prasad Poudel, Krishna Bhakta Pokharel, Ganeshman Gurung, Janardan Dhakal and Tularam Bista, among others spoke during zero hour.RSS
