Others should follow

True leaders are supposed to set good examples. Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai seems to have been doing just that. It is definitely a praiseworthy thing to happen in Nepal where even the so-called top leaders hardly care a fig for disciplined and dedicated lifestyles. They refuse to look back and freely practice the adage of after-me-the-deluge policy to the hilt. Since one man with self-discipline and determination can change the world, Bhattarai needs to compel other leaders, who flout the norms set for the leaders, to behave or face

severe punishment in public.

Ramesh Shrestha, Lalitpur

An alternative

The people of Kathmandu have experienced a less severe winter this year.

Western scientists have warned that the snowfed rivers of the Himalayas might dry up as a result of the global warming. A government climate expert, during a recent radio-talk programme, has indicated the possibility of the connection between the less severe winter in Kathmandu and global warming. There may then be the likelihood of the Melamchi River drying up, in the process disappointing the Kathmanduites who have been pinning hopes on the Melamchi for years to resolve their water woes. I would like to opine that the river system in the Kathmandu Valley should be bio-technologically purified for use as a source of

drinking water. The main pollutant of the river system is the night soil emptied

directly into it. Instead, the night soil should be used to produce bio-gas.

VP Sayami, Kathmandu

Questions

The PM’s address to the nation on Sunday came when the country is facing many problems like load-shedding, inflation, unemployment, poverty, impunity. But there is little mention of them in his speech. He only blamed others. If he cannot right them, then who will? He started the revolution with his 42-point roster of demands with the then Deuba government. What has he done with those demands after he became the Prime Minister?

Dr. Ramesh Neupane,

Baudha Mahankal

Long overdue

The Auditor General has reported an unauthorised spending of more than 26 billion rupees, 60% of this amount spent illegally during the last five years. The Prime Minister, in his

address to the nation, has mentioned about his directive to the administration to stop any leakage of the state treasury. This was long overdue. The people responsible for the unauthorised spending should be made to pay it all back.

Rabi Manandhar,

via e-mail, Kathmandu

Laudable

I think every Nepali should feel a sense of pride in having listened to such an eloquent and

comprehensive speech from PM Prachanda, with his great understanding of all political, social and economic problems and at the same time his commendable plans to solve them. Instead of only criticising, all the political, civic, professional and religious leaders have to come together to unite all the citizens of the country to engage in nation-building.

Basu Raghubansh,

via e-mail