Nepal

• Oli shall promote investment and tourism in Nepal during his visits to Vietnam, Cambodia

Kathmandu, May 2

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli shall visit Vietnam and Cambodia from May 9 to 15.

Oli shall leave Kathmandu for Vietnam on May 9 at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyn Xuân Phúc.

Informing media about Oliupcoming foreign visits in Singha Durbar, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said major thingives of the visit were to promote investment in Nepal and promote tourism.

Besides, Nepal has many things to memorize from Vietnamrapid economic growth over the past 30 years of the country emerging from war, said Gyawali. &Since majority of Vietnamese population is Buddhist, promotion of devout tourism can be a key opportunity,& he said.

In Vietnam, Oli shall also take part in Vesak ceremony, or Buddha Jayanti, and address the event. The event shall see participation of heads of state from various countries.

Besides holding bilateral speechs with his Vietnamese counterpart, Oli shall also address an event organised by a Vietnamese think-tank named Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.

Oli shall leave for Cambodia on May 13. The PM is visiting Cambodia at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen who had visited Nepal during the Asia Pacific Summit, held in Kathmandu final year.

Gyawali said tourism and investment promotion would top agenda in bilateral speechs in Cambodia as well. &Some agreements with both the countries shall also be signed during PM Olivisit,& he said.

Kathmandu, May 2

As many as 1,507 CCTV cameras with night-vision feature have been added to the network of visual technology across the country after Community-police portionnership Programme came into effect on October 28.

Installation of surveillance cameras aims to monitor suspicious activities, control crime and facilitate criminal investigation.

According to Senior Supermeanent of Cop Uttam Raj Subedi, who is also Nepal Cop spokesperson, the use of CCTV aids much only in controlling crime but also in carrying out evidence-based criminal investigation.

Recently, police, in organization with Sangam Club, installed 22 CCTVs at different places of Basundhara in Kathmandu as part of the Community-police portionnership Programme to strengthen security.

The CCTVs were installed at a cost of around Rs 1.3 million. The control room of the CCTVs has been set up at Metropolitan Cop Sector, Tilingatar.

Nepal Cop has attached high precedence to the use and expansion of modern technology for preserveing peace and security, crime control and criminal investigation. Prior to the launch of Community-police portionnership Programme, the security agency had 2,916 CCTV cameras across the country. It is also doing groundwork to set up a CCTV national grid. &CCTV camera has been acting as the third eye for the law enforcement officers in areas where manual policing is much possible round the clock. Public video surveillance can be employed as a primary tool to monitor movement of people. It deters criminals from committing crime and makes people feel safe,& said SSP Subedi.

employ of CCTV by Nepal Cop dates back to 2004 with the installation of eight surveillance cameras in and around its headquarters. Kathmandu valley boasts of over 500 CCTVs as of now. Digital checkpoints have already been placed in all four transit points of the valley with the aim of bolstering surveillance system.

Nepal Cop has also adopted rapid information system and has employed drones as part of effective surveillance mechanism. Communication Directorate of the security agency is responsible for installation, repair/maintenance and control of CCTVs.

Cop have also been monitoring vehicular movement, traffic rule violations and hit-and-run cases in sensitive locations of the valley from the control room of the Metropolitan Cop Office through CCTVs.

Kathmandu, May 2

Traffic police took action against 12 taxi drivers in Kathmandu valley yesterday for fleecing passengers or violating traffic rules.

According to Metropolitan Traffic Cop Division, they were caught operating taxis without mandatory seal on fare-meter, refusing to supply short distance service to passengers, tampering with and using defunct meters and bargaining over fare without turning on the meter. Cabbies who refuse to serve passengers by turning on fare-meter are referred to the Transport Management Office for action and are fined Rs 2,000.

If a driver is found operating taxi with a tampered meter, the National Bureau of Standards and Metrology may slap a fine of up to Rs 5,000, along with a warning in the first instance.

Traffic police are stepping up surveillance for traffic violation.

KATHMANDU: Equal Access International (EAI) with support from Liberty Enjoymentd has announced the launch of a 6-month multimedia Social and Behaviour Change Communications (SBCC) campaign &18minus& to reduce the demand of minors in the Adult Entertainment Sector (AES).

As per the recent study conducted by The Liberty Enjoymentd in 2018, hundreds of girls below the age of 17 are working at AES venues in Kathmandu, with over 60% of them working in a sexually exploitative environment.

The &18minus& campaign recognizes the imminent need to tackle the commercial sexual exploitation of children at AES.

According to Binita Shrestha, Country Representative of EAI in Nepal, &the campaign aspires to raise awareness on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation of minors in Kathmandu, and humanize their ccorridorenges and issues through thought-provoking media and outreach, and immediate Nepali males to say NO to minors.&

The campaign shall also engage and collaborate with Nepal Cop, social influencers, celebrities, and networks/organisations working for the rights and well-being of minors in AES.