Politics-free zones

Politics has a direct relation with the daily lives of people. Therefore, politicians should make sure that their activities have a positive effect on society. Calls have increased over the years to stop political interference in sectors like education, transportation and health, because it has badly affected the normal functioning of these sectors in Nepal.

Despite insistent pleas from the general people to make these sectors politics-free, political groups continue to politicise these sectors at the cost of society to serve their narrow ends.

Educational institutions should be made a politics-free zone and politicians should stop playing with the future of hundreds of thousands of students. Similarly, public health is another area that has suffered much because of strikes and bandhs.

These protest programmes have claimed lives of innocent patients in dire need of medical intervention. The goal of politics is betterment of the lives of the people, but politics has no meaning if it becomes a public nuisance. I therefore urge the politicians to keep politics out of these vital sectors.

Dwaipayan Regmi, Biratnagar

Nab them

The serial blasts in Kathmandu have left Valley denizens shocked and terrified. Three different armed groups have taken responsibility, stating that the blasts were carried out to attract government attention to their demands. However, it is surprising that the terror attacks could have been carried out by unheard-of groups, that too in the heart of the capital city. There is no denying that powerful hidden forces are trying to scuttle the constituent assembly polls and Sunday’s blasts look like a part of a big conspiracy. The government should complete the investigations soon and nab those responsible for the loss of three precious lives so far.

Abijit Sharma, Dhapasi, Kathmandu

Act soon

It was a really touching moment for me when I saw friends and colleagues of Anisha KC, who was killed in Sunday’s bomb blast at Tripureshwor, offering flowers to her body. The blasts have not only created a negative impact on the students’ psyche but also spread an atmosphere of terror in Kathmandu. With such attacks occurring in the capital, how can students concentrate on their studies? Though voices have been raised to make educational institutions a politics-free zone, they have often been the target of attacks. The government should immediately do something to stop violence, which kills innocent people, including students and children.

Santosh Acharya, Bhurjungkhola, Kaski

Mistake

The news report “Understanding Kathmanduites stay cool” (THT, August 4) contained a mistake. It said that the brutal killings of 12 Nepalis in Iraq happened two years ago. But the killings took place in August, 2004, well over three years ago. No newspaper should allow such an error to happen when every bit of information is available at the click of a button. More care on the part of established dailies like THT is expected, because people turn to them for reliable news and information.

Rohitav Sharma, via e-mail