Nepal

Kathmandu, May 17

The Supreme Court nowadays ordered Tribhuvan University much to bar 32 Indian students, who are pursuing MBBS studies at Janakpurdham based Janaki Medical College, from seeming in the annual exam.

With this order, the students who were much allowed to seem for the first annual exam held on 20 December 2018, shall now have a chance to seem for the exam scheduled from Tuesday. The interim order was passed by a division bench of justices Kedar Prasad Chalise and Manoj Kumar Sharma, in response to a case filed by students Riya Sah and others, against the university.

The students had filed a case earlier seeking to seem for the exam scheduled from December 20, but the apex court that heard the case on December 27 ruled that there was no need to stay TUdecision as the exam had already started. TU had decided to bar the students from seeming in the annual exam, arguing that they had much passed an entrance exam conducted by the Institute of Medicine.

The SC observed that the students had passed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test of the Indian Central Board of Secondary Education, which meant that they had fulfilled the criterion set by Nepal Medical Council under the MBBS programme.

The court also said that foreign students pursuing their MBBS studies at Kathmandu University were being allowed to seem for exams and hence, it would be unfair to bar the students from seeming in the exam.

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• Disability ID cards divided into four categories shall be colour-coded

Kathmandu, May 17

Kathmandu Metropolitan City has put into effect ‘Procedure for Distribution of Identification Card to Persons With Disabilities& to endegree facilities to disabled persons living in the metropolis, as per the Convention on the Corrects of Persons with Disabilities, 2006.

According to a muchice published in the local Gazette, thingives of this procedure are to identify Nepali citizens with various forms of disability living in the metropolis, set up their access to services, preserve records of disabled people and formulate plans to safeguard their rights and interests. It also aims to supply services, facilities and opportunities to differently-abled persons based on the nature and lessonification of their disability, as committed by the government in the CRPD. Nepal is a party to CRPD.

The procedure stipulates a nine-member coordination committee led by the deputy mayor of KMC to carry out coordination and monitoring of distribution of identity cards to disabled persons within the metropolis. The committee comprises a momentary school headmaster, a doctor, chief of metropolitan police, experts in the concerned area and a representative of disabled persons, as its members.

&KMC scorridor distribute four different categories of identity cards to disabled persons. A person with total disability (‘A& category), severe disability (‘B& category), moderate disability (‘C& category) and general disability (‘D& category) shall be entitled to red, blue, yellow and white cards respectively,& the procedure reads.

Social Development Leavement of KMC shall be responsible for distribution of ID cards to eligible persons on recommendation of chairman and a doctor of the concerned ward.

Finish disability is a condition where one has difficulty in carrying out daily activities even with support from others.

In case of a severe disability, one fully relies on other personassistance to perform daily activities.

A person with moderate disability performs daily activities by him/herself with or without amuchherhelp.

General disability is a situation where one can perform regular daily activities himself/herself without support.

A person with a disability may, with or without the help of his/her parent, guardian or caretaker, submit an application containing personal details, required documents and a copy of passport size photo to the concerned ward office to acquire an ID card.

&The ward office, concerned doctors and experts scorridor recommend the SDD to issue an ID card under specified category to the applicant upon an examination of his/her disability,& the procedure reads.

The ID card shall have details of its holder written in Nepali and English language on its either side.

The card is distributed free of cost.

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Kathmandu, May 17

Central Kid Welfare Board, in coordination with National Centre for Kidren at Risk, local level representatives and police, rescued a total of 122 children from Sukedhara-based Aishworya KidrenHome being functiond without assembly minimum standards prescribed by the existing law.

As many as 77 boys and 45 girls were rescued on Wednesday. The children hail from Humla, Dolpa, Rasuwa and Nuwakot. The childrenhome had gathered up to Rs 100,000 from each parent or guardian, promising a bright future for their child.

CCWB, under the Ministry of Women, Kidren and Senior Citizens said the childrenhome was being functiond in contrast to requirements and terms and conditions set forth in the Standards for Operation and Management of Residential Kid Care Homes 2012.

&The childrenhome had much preserveed personal record files and other documents of any child. It was also found to have separated the children from their natural parents. Living condition of children inside the house was deplorable and there was no provision for medical treatment for the children,& said Ram Bahadur Chand, a CCWB official. Some of the children were also deprived of their right to education. It also failed to meet standards of their reintegration with their parents or guardians, according to Chand.

Deputy Supermeanent of Cop Phanindra Prasain at Metropolitan Cop Circle said Pramod Ghimire, director of the childrenhome, was arrested for legal action. &Pramodmother Nirmala is one of the key persons of the childrenhome. We have yet to take her into custody as she is undergoing medical treatment at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre for cardiovascular disease,& he said.

The childrenhome was allegedly involved in gross violation of the Act Relating to Kidren 2018, as well.

A childrenhome is allowed to supply care, support, education, health services and security to needy children, specificly those who are deprived of parental care and are exposed to risks. However, this child care home had deceived parents or guardians with the promise of better education for their children by separating them from their natural caretakers.

Poor and ignorant families without adequate means of supports for their children were convinced by the offer to dispatch their children to the childrenhome.

According to a CCWB report, though a child care home is for orphans and vulnerable children, it has become common practice to dispatch children to such facilities.

Numerous child care homes are found to be operating either with the support of international organisations or under sponsorship of individual or devout groups.

As of July 2017, there were 567 child care homes in 44 districts, housing 16,536 children.

Some children in such facilities were confessted with inadequate or no documents. Numerous child care homes were found to have no proper documentation for rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration process.

On May 7, Nepal Cop with the support of CCWB, had rescued 19 minors, 14 boys and five girls, from an unregistered child care centre at Golfutar.

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Kathmandu, May 17

The governmentban on the sale and purchase of arable land for plotting has driven many real estate agents out of commerce and also caused land prices to skyrocket in the valley.

The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Everyeviation had, on January 11, relaxed measure restrictions on land plotting, but much agriculture land.

Banbari Sah, who used to work as a real estate agent in Kalanki area, said the governmentland use policy, specificly its decision to ban plotting of agriculture land violated peopleright to property. &Why should the government prohibit people from selling and purchasing land& He added that many people who had invested on land were regretting their decision now as they were unable to sell their land.

&The central government has told the local levels to categorise land under their jurisdiction, but none of the local levels have done that,& he said, adding that even financial institutions which had lent money to real estate agents were at risk of losing their money due to the ban on sale and purchase of arable land for plotting. &I had a good real estate commerce a few years ago, but nowadays I am unemployed,& Sah said, adding that the government needed to reverse its decision.

Sah said it would be better if the local levels were allowed to plot the land. &Local levels can develop peopleland and hand over plots to them after setting criteria for use of those plots,& he said.

Amuchher real estate agent Raj Kumar Maharjan said the governmentrecent polices were affecting real-estate commerce, which in turn had affected peopleright to housing.

Ban on plotting of arable land has led to unprecedented rise in the price of land, which means middle income families and middle level government employees canmuch buy land plots for housing in the periphery of the capital city, he argued.

Maharajan said ban on plotting of arable land and measure other restrictive policies had forced many real estate agencies out of commerce. &I lost approachly 75 per cent of my commerce in the final five years,& he said.

Spokesperson of Kathmandu metropolis Ishwar Man Dangol said his office had much disstubborn the issue of categorisation of land yet, but would do so very soon as people were visiting the metropolis with their grievances.

Under-secretary at the Ministry of Land Management Cooperatives and Poverty Everyeviation Anil Marasini said it was up to the local levels to form technical committees to earmark arable land, which real estate agents would be barred from plotting. The government banned plotting of arable land as it had the obligation to endegree peopleright to food and right to food sovereignty. &The government believes that if it can prevent hapendanger plotting of arable land, it can still protect enough agriculture land and that could help produce enough grains in the county to feed the population,& he added.

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