This is in response to the news “Right Information needed at the right time: PM” (THT, Aug 23, Page 2).

With the rapid growth of media technology, there is a growing number of media pursuers. These groups will always be following the media, the services and information they provide to the public.

The world has been the centre of information where even school students are googling and browsing various websites to gain necessary information. Whether it is education, or business, or any other occupation, everyone is concerned with the right information at the right time.

Our respected PM quoting “Right Information needed at the right time” on the occasion of the 9th National Information Day is not sufficient. He must rather assure right actions needed at the right time.

Such functional bodies must focus on actions rather than the information because our country is in need of them. The needful actions are limited in the developmental work-plans and the right policies lack implementation.

For example, it takes a decade or more for road reconstruction, e.g Tankeswor Marg Kalimati section, which the Department of Road had already planned to reconstruct ten years ago.

People are travelling with great difficulty as the road has been totally damaged. Also the monsoon has left it muddy and dirty so most of the vehicles use a single lane, which causes traffic jams.

Everyone is aware that the road has to go for immediate maintenance, but who will be taking the action? The general public points this out to the Kathmandu Metropolitan City and they pass it on to the government or the other way round.

While the government is always busy with political affairs it hardly gets time to focus on other matters. Now the importance of right information at the right time remains meaningless when there is the lack of right action at the same time.

The PM is always talking about change and development, but it remains merely in words.

We have to keep listening to words rather than observing right actions being implemented.

Saiju Shrestha, Kalanki

Hasty decision

This is in response to the news article “DEO begins process of scrapping 13 schools” (THT, Aug 23, Page 2).

As the DEO Lalitpur has decided to close down 13 schools, it should be seen as a hasty decision. Education is a major pillar of overall development.

It has been providing a number of skilled personnel, but if there are no schools then how will the skilled manpower be produced?

Right to education is one of the human rights but this decision made by DEO has been violating the rights of school going children by depriving them of education.

The DEO Lalitpur, instead of closing down those schools, should promote quality education, then only can these schools compete with other schools and give satisfactory results.

Niraj Singh, Global College