Debate on local problems of Lalitpur metropolis

Interactions in education, cultural heritage, health, employment, road infrastructure, drainage, sanitation etc

Poush 8, 2081

Prashant Mali

Debate on local problems of Lalitpur metropolis

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In the program held in Lalitpur Metropolitan City, there was an interaction on local problems. Kantipur TV organized a debate on 'Mahanagar Mahabahas: Local Issues of National Interest' on Sunday, along with education, cultural heritage, health, employment, road infrastructure, drainage, sanitation and other issues were discussed.

During the program, girls raised the issue of sanitary pad management in public schools during menstruation. Sunita Sunar, a class 8 student at Adarsh ​​Kanya Niketan Mavi in ​​Patan Darbar area, said that there is a problem in changing and destroying pads in the school. "The school has become dirty because of the pads, let the metropolis take the initiative to destroy it in an environment-friendly manner," she urged. They complained that the toilets in the school were full of garbage and there was no water. 

Vijay Khadka, who is studying in class 9 at Tripadma Mavi, Patan, said that although the government has implemented the 'one school and one nurse' program, it has not been implemented in all schools. There are 40 community schools in Lalitpur metropolis. The representative of the parents' association said that there are problems such as lack of subject teachers in those schools, transfer of teachers due to political access, construction of commercial buildings by destroying playgrounds, and lack of modern science labs. 

In 2072, the temple of Rato Matsyendranath, which was destroyed due to the earthquake, and the reconstruction of the heritage of the Patan Palace area were also discussed. Before that, the Manmaneshwar Devi temple in the Patan palace area, the Lichchavi era moo chhen angam ghar, Umamaheshwar and Bhashmeshwar temples have also not been reconstructed. Degu Taleju Temple has been reconstructed. Chiribabu Maharjan, head of Lalitpur Metropolitan Municipality, said that the Narasimha Temple in the Durbar area is in the process of being reconstructed. "Other properties of the palace area damaged by the earthquake of 2072 have been reconstructed," he said. 

Maharjan said that even though the Supreme Court has barred the ward president and members from becoming the president of the school management committee, the metropolis will take the initiative to raise the fallen community school. There are 5 private schools in Lalitpur metropolis. Those schools should give scholarships to 10 percent of the enrolled students," he said. "We are making a procedure to give the scholarship to the students in the city." However, this program has not been implemented in Lalitpur metropolis. Anil Shrestha from Patan complained that although Yal Health Center was put into operation in Pulchowk for health insurance program, no initiative was taken to put mother and newborn child safety program into operation. "Nowadays, going to Patan Hospital for delivery is very crowded," he said. 

The residents of the slums outside the ring road, which were later merged into the Lalitpur metropolis, have complained that the metropolis has not shown much interest in the development of Harisidhi, Dhapakhel, Khokna, Bungmati and other places. "In Pulchok, Jawalakhel, Kupandol, we have become like residents of a lower level than the rural municipality," said Ramhari Nagarkoti of Harisiddika, "Let us feel like metropolitan residents." 

Metropolitan Chief Maharjan said that the budget is being allocated for the development of areas outside the ring road. He argued that he has also worked a lot in the health sector. "We have been distributing pneumonia vaccines every year," he said. In Khokna, water hardly comes two days a week. The locals have been facing this problem for almost two decades. The students drew attention to the fact that the students of the public schools have to carry water in a jar along with their books. Metropolitan Chief Maharjan claimed that in one and a half to two years, drinking water will reach homes in Khokna and other slums.

The Chief Maharjan was criticized for trying to force it in the case where the High Court of Patan decided that electric crematoriums should not be built in residential areas. There was also a discussion on issues such as the need to separate garbage at home, open areas, public land, and the damage caused by the floods in October. Lalitpur-14 Ward President Amritjang Mahat said that there is a tradition of abusing the Ward President saying that the chief district officer is the disaster coordinator, the police, the army are all under the CDO but they are not working. "We have sheltered the flood victims in the old building of the ward," he said. 

The representative of Lalitpur Preparatory Clothing Trade Association requested that rules be made regarding the management of sidewalk traders, businessmen and household taxes. Issues such as the need to create jobs by turning the training into skills in the metropolis, and making disabled-friendly sidewalks and structures were raised. 

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