Clarification sought for project delays

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Kathmandu, May 18

The District Administration Office (DAO) Kathmandu has asked 24 heads of government offices and contractors to submit all information related to public construction activities in Kathmandu district.

“The concerned officials and contractors have been given a three-day deadline to furnish the progress report and work schedule of their related construction works,” said Basudev Ghimire, assistant chief district officer of Kathmandu.

The Ministry of Home Affairs had, on Thursday, forwarded letters to all District Administration Offices across the country seeking detailed information and list of contractors who have not completed their works like construction of roads, sewage systems and bridges on schedule.

“We sent letters to the concerned heads of government offices and also to the contractors today as per the direction of the Ministry of Home Affairs,” informed Ghimire. “If they fail to provide the necessary documents that we have asked for, we will initiate legal action and may even arrest them,” he added.

According to Ghimire, DAO Kathmandu has sent letters to 24 government offices, including the Department of Roads, Division Road Office of Kathmandu 1 and 2 sectors, Department of Water Supply and Sewerage, Department of Irrigation and all metropolitan offices of Kathmandu.

In the letter, DAO has asked all concerned offices and officials to provide information regarding the total number of contracts signed; names, contact numbers and addresses of the contractor firms; names of the supervising governmental officials; contract dates and also the reasons why the affected projects were not implemented on time.

“We have been receiving frequent complaints from members of the general public on why projects were not being implemented on time and also on why even those projects that were completed as scheduled have degraded within a short period of time,” said Ghimire, adding that these were the reasons why the government has taken this step to initiate action against erring government officials and contractors.

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School-level volleyball tourney from today

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School-level volleyball tourney from today

Technical Committee convenor Kumar Rai gestures as NVA General Secretary Jitendra Bahadur Chand looks on during a press meet on Friday, May 18, 2018. Photo: THT

Kathmandu, May 18

Chandragiri  Municipality Committee of Madan Bhandari Sports Academy is organising  the first Chandragiri Deputy Mayor Cup School-level Girls’ Volleyball  Tournament from Saturday at the New Diamond Academy courts.

A total of 10  teams — St David’s School, Annal Jyoti School, Bijeshwori Gyan Mandir,  Paramount School, Paropakar Adharsha, Kanya Mandir, Gyan Sudha Academy,  Three Star Academy, Springdale School and New Diamond Academy — are  competing in the tournament, informed tournament’s technical coordinator  Kumar Rai at a press meet today.

The top four teams of the  league-cum-knockout tournament will get Rs 45,000, Rs 25,000, Rs  15,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively. Similarly, the best player, best spiker, blocker, server, defender and setter will also receive cash prizes. The final will be played on May 22 coinciding with the Volleyball Day, the day when volleyball was declared the national sport.

Meanwhile,  Rai informed Nepal APF  Club and Shivam New Diamond Academy will play a friendly match on the final day of the tournament to mark the Volleyball Day Celebration. The winners and losing side will get Rs 10,000 and Rs 7,000 respectively.

Meanwhile,  Nepal Volleyball Association General Secretary Jitendra Bahadur Chand said the association would provide the organisers and participating teams with equipment.

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Kathmandu Open Int’l Taekwondo kicks off

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Kathmandu, May 18

Nepal won a gold medal in boys’ U-12 team poomsae event of the second Kathmandu Open International Taekwondo Tournament that kicked off today at the NSC covered hall.

The team of Aman Devkota, Rijan Tamang and Bishesh Maharjan won the gold, while team of Upashak Ghimire, Manish Gajurel and Ujjwal Ghimire bagged silver medal. Similarly, the team of Nabin Shrestha, Pratik Shrestha and Yabanindan Dahal claimed gold in U-15 category, while team of Laxman Gole, Ram Gole and Ashmit Raut bagged gold in U-19 section.

In girls’ U-17 individual poomsae, Prashanna Khadka and Srijana Rijal Jaisi won gold and silver medals respectively, while Binita Lama and Jiniya Rana took bronze medals. In the U-17 mixed doubles event, Pujan Ranabhat and Binita Lama claimed gold, while Chaman Thapa Magar and Jiniya Rana won silver medals.

In black belt pair of 17-19, Ashmin Tamang and Binita Tamang won gold, while Tilak Pun Magara and Sunita Bista took silver. India’s Saroj Gurung won gold medal in men’s below-39 poomsae, while Nepal’s Ashish Chand won silver medal.

In men’s below-21 kyorugi, Nepal’s Aman Shrestha and Sushant Pandey advanced to final, while Tilak BK and Deepak Badi made it to the final of below-25. In para-taekwondo section, Nepal’s Palesha Gowardhan and Sita Bhandari won gold and silver medals in women’s below-48kg.

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Challenge and chance for golfer Nagarkoti

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Kathmandu, May 18

Bhuwan Nagarkoti will be looking to end Shivaram Shrestha’s iron grip as the country’s top pro when he tees off the Surya Nepal Premier Golf Championship at the Gokarna Golf Club on May 21.

Shrestha has enjoyed the top spot in Order of Merit ever since the tour began in 2008-09 except for the second season when Rabi Khadka topped him. And despite winning five out of nine events in the current season, Shrestha is not assured of retaining the No 1 status this time around as Nagarkoti has been pushing hard from behind.

Nagarkoti has won three titles in the current season and he is Rs 133,700 behind Shrestha in Order of Merit. With the winner of the Surya Nepal Premier earning Rs 230,000, Nagarkoti has the chance to replace Shrestha at the top. Nagarkoti can get the No 1 status for the first time in his career under two conditions: First he needs to win the title on his home course and secondly Shrestha needs to finish third or worse.

But Nagarkoti knows it’s not going to be an easy task. “I know that I am in contention and I have got the hunger to do well in the event,” says Nagarkoti. The field is also strong because of the arrival of the Nepali pros who have been working abroad. “There are a couple of pros who can turn the game. Shivaram and Sanjay Lama are few of them,” said Nagarkoti, who will also be looking to capture his third straight and fourth title of the season. “I enjoy playing under tough conditions and the strength of the field has motivated me to do well.”

Nagarkoti made a slow start to the season and won the Surya Nepal Challenge before adding Surya Nepal Kathmandu Open and Surya Nepal NPGA Tour Championship titles in his kitty. On the other hand, Shrestha bagged five events to take his personal tally to 41 and he will be eyeing to finish the season with a bang.

Nagarkoti has overcome the problem of letting it go towards the end of the events but still he knows dislodging Shrestha from the summit is a tough job. “I have started my preparations for the tournament in full swing and I am focusing on improving my chipping and putting,” says Nagarkoti. “I got success because of my putting strength and if I can improve a little bit in chipping I know can give a tough fight in the final event,” he adds.

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Excelsia to sponsor PM Cup

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Excelsia to sponsor PM Cup

Nepalaya International MD Subash Pradhan (right) exchanges the MoU with Excelsia College Director for Marketing and Students Recruitment Boby Abrahama in Kathmandu on Friday, May 19. Photo: THT

Kathmandu, May 18

Nepalaya International and Excelsia College of Australia signed the sponsorship agreement for the second Prime Minister Cup Inter-province One Day Cricket Tournament slated for May 27 to June 11 at the TU Stadium and Mulpani grounds.

Nepalaya International’s Managing Director Subash Pradhan and Excelsia College’s Director for Marketing and Students Recruitment Boby Abrahama exchanged the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) amidst a function today. As per the agreement, Excelsia will be the title sponsor of the tournament, which is being organised by National Sports Council under the management of Nepalaya. Both the parties declined to reveal the sponsorship amount.

Meanwhile, Nepalaya signed Nepal Liquors Pvt Ltd as the co-sponsor of the tournament. Pradhan and Nepal Liquors General Manager Rajesh Prakash exchanged the MoU at the same programme.

A total of 10 teams are participating in the event and they have been divided into two pools. Group A comprises of Tribhuvan Army Club, Nepal APF Club, Province1, Province2 and Province4, while Nepal Police Club, Province3, Province5, Karnali Province and Province7 are in Group B. On the opening day. APF will take on Province4 at the TU Stadium, while Karnali face Province7 at Mulpani on May 27.

The winners will get two million rupees, while the runners-up will earn one million rupees. Man-of-the-series will get Rs 100,000, while the best batsman and bowler will earn Rs 50,000 each and the emerging player will be awarded with Rs 15,000. Man-of-the-match in every game will take home Rs 10,000.

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NHL playoffs 2018: Jets’ Tyler Myers, Paul Maurice critical of officiating in loss to Golden Knights

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Winnipeg defenseman Tyler Myers and coach Paul Maurice were frustrated with what was and wasn’t called during Game 4 in Las Vegas.

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Watch: Odell Beckham Jr. goes deep in a different way during MLB turn

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The Giants receiver showed off his baseball skills as he took batting practice with the Tampa Bay Rays.

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MLB wrap: Jacob deGrom leads Mets to much-needed win

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deGrom allowed just one run and six hits in New York’s 3-1 victory over the Diamondbacks on Friday night.

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Texans’ JJ Watt to pay for funerals of Santa Fe H.S. victims, report says

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Watt received the 2017 Walter Payton Man of the Year award in February for his fundraising efforts to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey.

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Man who crushed transport syndicate transferred

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Man who crushed transport syndicate transferred

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Kathmandu, May 18

American dramatist Clare Boothe Luce said ‘no good deed goes unpunished’, and with the transfer of the director general of the Department of Transport Management the government has proved her right.

The government’s plan to transfer DoTM DG Rupnarayan Bhattarai had been termed ‘unwarranted’ by several quarters, as he was the persistent force that brought the syndicate system in the transportation sector to a rightful end.

Bhattarai told THT today that he received a letter from the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport regarding the transfer order.

The letter states that Bhattarai is being transferred to MoPIT to handle ‘special responsibility’.

“It is the right of the government to transfer bureaucrats. However, transferring someone without determining their responsibility and despite the fact that there is no vacant post at the ministry, is not justifiable,” said Bhattarai.

Sources privy to the matter told THT that Transport Minister Raghubir Mahaseth had ordered Bhatatrai’s transfer.

When approached today, Mahaseth refused to comment on Bhattarai’s transfer, saying he was ‘busy’ and instead directed THT to MoPIT secretary.

MoPIT Secretary Madhusudan Adhikari said this was not the right time to transfer Bhattarai, as his performance at DoTM was commendable. He was instrumental in curbing syndicate system in public transportation sector, he added. “Bhattarai’s transfer is official though the government is yet to appoint a new DoTM DG,” said Adhikari.

Adhikari’s comment brings to fore the rift between MoPIT leadership and its bureaucrats on Bhattarai’s transfer. It also hints that MoPIT leadership and bureaucrats are divided over scrapping syndicate system in the transportation industry.

Under the initiative of Bhattarai, the government had adopted ‘zero tolerance’ policy against syndicate system in the public transportation sector by scrapping all transport associations and committees.

It was under Bhattarai’s leadership that DoTM opened new vehicle route permits that had been controlled by transport bodies for many years.

Meanwhile, consumer rights activists have condemned the government’s move to transfer Bhattarai.

“Abruptly transferring a bureaucrat who is trying to implement the rule of law and whose performance has not been questionable is undesirable. Bhattarai’s transfer hints that the government itself is trying to back the syndicate system in the transportation industry,” said Prem Lal Maharjan, president of National Consumers Forum.

 

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