Chitwan: Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has stated that a new campaign would be launched at the joint initiation of the government and the people to end domestic violence.

Speaking at a conference organised by Press Centre Nepal and Press Chautari Nepal, Chitwan chapter, here today, the Home Minister said that a campaign would be started at the citizen's level to check household crimes.

He said that there are more than 36,000 schools and 7,000 ward offices throughout the country, and hundreds of thousands of youths from schools and ward offices would be mobilised in the campaign in order to check domestic violence.

Stating alcoholism and drug abuse were the main reasons behind domestic violence, the Home Minister stressed on regulating, monitoring and controlling alcohol and banishing narcotics for reduction of such crimes.

“We will launch the campaign against crime and domestic violence as a movement,” he reiterated.

The Minister for Home Affairs claimed that significant works have been initiated under the ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’ campaign after formation of the incumbent government. He added that incidents of extortion and IED explosions have decreased compared to the time before formation of the present government.

“Incidents related to monopoly and corrupt practices have reduced. The goons are mostly underground. There has been a qualitative increase in revenue as a result of taking effective measures against smuggling,” the Home Minister elaborated.