Journalist Matrika Dahal of Kantipur Dainik has received a good governance award worth one lakh rupees. The 'Tank Prasad-Ramadevi Pathak Journalism Award' established by Hem-Sarita Pathak Foundation, which has an office in Texas, USA, was awarded to Kantipur journalist Dahal at a program held in Kathmandu on Saturday.

Journalist Deepa Dahal of Ukalo Online has also been honored with a good governance award worth one lakh in cash.

The foundation informed that the journalists of Kantipur and Ukalo were awarded for their contribution to corruption control and promotion of good governance through investigative journalism. The Chief Guest, Independent Member of the House of Representatives, Amresh Kumar Singh, Chief Patron of the Foundation, Hem Pathak, and President of the Foundation, Jenny Pathak, awarded journalist Dahal with cash and certificates. Pathak, the chief patron of

foundation, established the International Journalism Award in the name of his late parents, Tank Prasad Pathak and Ramadevi Pathak, to honor journalists who use their pen for the benefit of the country and people through journalism. The same award has been given to journalist Dahaldhay from Kantipur and Ukalo for this year .

Dahal, a Kantipur journalist who has been active in journalism for the past two decades, the refugee scandal of making Nepali citizens fake Bhutanese refugees and taking them to America, the Lalita residence land scandal in Baluwatar, the Patanjali land case, gold smuggling, irregularity in the purchase of police weapons, the cooperative fraud case, the embezzlement of the land of Buddha's ossuary in Nawalparasi, the Terramax case and other major corruption and scams involving high-ranking political, administrative, businessmen/intermediaries. brought out .

As a contribution to corruption control and promotion of good governance through investigative journalism, journalist Dahal from Kantipur has received the Barbara Foundation Investigative Journalism Award (2081) including the 'Anti-Corruption Champion Award-2024' established by the American government, the Good Governance Award from the Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission-2079 and 2080, the Sejan Award established by the Nepal Economic Journalist Society-2076 and 2080, the Inja Investigative Journalism Award-2079, Reliance College Governance Award 2081, and has received various awards/prizes and honours .

Deepa Dahal of Ukalok has brought out various cases of irregularity including bamboosbari land scam, land irregularity of Juddodaya Vidyalaya.

Likewise, the Foundation has also awarded prizes with cash to three authors involved in singing anti-corruption songs and poems. Hem-Saritha Pathak International Music Award Lyricist Gopal Prasad Thapalia and singer and composer Shishir Yogi  Janahi with Rs 50,000 and the International Poetry Award against Corruption with Rs 1 lakh cash has been awarded to poet Toya Bhatt . The foundation has also honored 25 poets for being active against poverty through

poetry. MP Singh, the chief guest at the awards and honors program, said that the country is suffering from corruption due to some leaders and middlemen and said that it should be ended. Singh's comment is that leaders involved in corruption and irregularities get immunity and only employees are prosecuted, so the 'root corruptor' always gets immunity . Pathak, the patron of the foundation, said that he and his entire family left the United States to campaign against corruption and returned to Nepal and now they will campaign against corruption in all 77 districts. Jenny Pathak, president of

foundation, said  She said that corrupt people should be boycotted and everyone should swear that they will not commit corruption. She said that she can speak against the corruption committed by others without being involved in corruption and should start with herself. In the