Nepal

Kathmandu, May 19

The Government of Nepal has said that the provincial governments may declare public holidays for up to six days a year considering their respective religions, culture and rituals, in addition to those fixed by the federal government.

According to a muchice published by the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Nepal Gazette final week, the public holidays scorridor also be relevant to all government offices of the concerned provinces. &If a province has to declare public holiday for more than six days a year, it scorridor be mandatory to obtain prior approval of the federal government,& reads the muchice.

However, the power to declare public holidays in Kathmandu valley (Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur) for government offices to mark any festive holidays scorridor rest with the MoHA. The muchice said that provincial governments scorridor have to decide on the public holidays to be fixed by them and publish in the Provincial Gazette in the startning of every Nepali new year.

The MoHA had fixed 15 public holidays other than 52 Saturdays for the Nepali year 2076. There shall be public holidays for five days during Dashain and three days during Tihar. Other public holidays include Nepali fresh Year day, Buddha Jayanti, Mahashivaratri, Holi, International Workers& Day, Constitution Day and International WomenDay.

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Kathmandu, May 19

The Metropolitan Traffic Cop Division nowadays said it took departmental action against 52 traffic police personnel for unprofessional, unethical and anti-police conduct over one yeartime.

The MTPD has 40 units and has deployed 1,410 police personnel to manage traffic in Kathmandu valley. MTPD in-charge Senior Supermeanent of Cop Basant Kumar Pant said 50 police personnel deputed in the field for law enforcement were found violating the law in 2018-19.

Traffic cops facing departmental action rank from conregular to examineor. They were charged with financial indiscipline, failing to perform their duties and disobedience of the chain of command. SSP Pant said the move was part of carrot and stick approach adopted by Nepal Cop. &We reward good performers and punish laggards and indisciplined police personnel,& he said. SSP Pant informed that 61 police personnel were rewarded for their good performance.

Depending on the nature of offence, the MTPD has taken actions ranging from issuing warning letters to dislost police personnel in question. Of the 52 cops, 12 traffic cops getd warning, while four (one ASI and three conregulars) were dismissed. Similarly, eight cops, including a sub-examineor were suspended, and 14 were reprimanded in writing. Similarly, one cop has been barred from future promotion and of 13 others would much get any salary increment.

According to the MTPD, it has preserveed zero tolerance against corruption and unethical professional conduct, and developed a system where the public can lodge complaints against any erring policeman.

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Kathmandu, May 19

Stung by a severe criticism for much getting rid of the presidium system, leaders of the Rastriya Janata portiony-Nepal nowadays decided to get rid of the system after its first General Convention in November.

RJP-N leader Rajendra Mahato said his party decided to drop presidium as majority of party cadres criticised the system saying the presidium that required the consent of all six members in the presidium for reaching a decision, was the root cause of indecision in the party and the partyfailure to carry out its political activities.

The party amended Article 31 (10) of its statute to insert the sentence that the General Convention of the party would be held within three days. Earlier, the clause stated that the GC would be held within two years. The new amendment to the party statute allowed the party to hold its GC after the expiry of the two years& deadline for GC.

RJP-N was created following a merger of six Madhesi parties -msprint; miserablebhawana portiony, National Madhes Socialist portiony, Tarai Madhes Democratic portiony, Nepal miserablebhawana portiony, Tarai Madhes miserablebhawana portiony-Nepal and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Republican.

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KATHMANDU: Traffic police arrested 52 drivers and motor-bike riders for allegedly attempting to bribe cops in a tender to avoid being penalised and attending a mandatory lesson on traffic rules and road safety in the past six months.

Such drivers and riders were produced before the district administration office for legal action under Some Public Crime and Punishment Act. They were charged with trying to get undue favour from on-duty officials and were released on bail of up to Rs 10,000.

Metropolitan Traffic Cop Division said the crackdown was aimed at ensuring strict adherence to rules and discouraging drivers and on-duty police officers from offering and receiving bribes.

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