KATHMANDU, JUNE 27

National Assembly (NA) members have urged the State to end the chhaupadi tradition.

Saying girls could not remain safe due to this oppressive tradition, they stressed that the state should make necessary policy and effectively implement it in order to eliminate this tradition.

In today's meeting of the National Assembly, NA member Suresh Kumar Ale Magar objected to rape incident occurred at chhaupadi hut in Achham district few days ago, adding physiological compensation was necessary for the victim girl.

'The girl should get justice and stern action should be taken against the perpetrator', he underlined.

Stating that the people have not been able to feel about the presence of state, Krishna Bahadur Rokaya blamed that the state failed to show interest to resolve existing problems of the people.

The government has not paid attention to resolve problems of Jajarkot earthquake victims and the government should hear the pain of the victims, he mentioned.

Similarly, Tulasa Kumari Dahal stressed that the government should be serious to remove laxity n country's economy, adding there should be coordination among government, cooperative and private sector as well as an investment friendly environment should be built to attract private investment.

Lawmaker Dahal suggested to the government to set the goal of economic reforms, utilizing the uncultivated land by growing fruits and vegetables. He stressed on running programmes providing incentives to farmers.

Sabitri Malla said the government employees lacked motivation since their salary has not been increased and called attention of the government on this. She stressed on the need of promoting agriculture, forest and tourism sectors.

Lawmaker Malla also, through the parliament, called attention of the government to make arrangements for providing timely relief to the families of those killed due to natural disaster incidents, appropriate medical attention to those injured, and food and accommodation to the affected people.

Tula Prasad Bishwakarma called for conducting an impartial investigation into the incident of rape on a teenage girl who was staying in Chhaugoth during menstruation that took place recently in Achham and to provide justice to the victim.

He called on the government to pay attention to taking effective measures to root out corruption from the country, pointing out the need for devising stringent laws to deal with this menace.

Gopal Kumar Basnet complained that the budget appropriation for the next fiscal year was not in the best interests of the farmers. 'The government should provide support for promoting the modern agricultural practices targeting the small farmers also. The agriculture production would increase and the country would become self-sufficient in agriculture if seed and fertilizer is provided to farmers on time,' he added.

Gopal Bhattarai urged all the bodies concerned to be aware of the possible risk of the monsoon induced disasters given the huge loss of life and property caused by the monsoon-induced disasters just in few days of the commencement of monsoon in the country.

He called on the government to devise special plan for disaster mitigation and for relocating the citizens of settlements facing disaster risk and making provision for temporary shelters for them.