The problems linger The Maoists have been adhering to many agreements. The Tharus should think twice before they believe that their demands will be fulfilled after the signing of the understanding. The government has said it would fulfill the demands of the Madeshis as well.

The government is trying to make both of them believe that everything will be fine. But there are problems in doing so.

Dwaipayan Regmi, COBASS, Biratnagar

For dams

Kathmandu Valley is getting rain after a long dry spell. The valley is faces severe scarcity of drinking water. Most of the wells have dried up. The metropolis needs a top priority strategy to conserve every drop of water. Constructing dams in the valley could solve many problems. All the rivers could be kept always full that would help percolate water to end depletion of the underground water reserves. A program of reforestation of the valley might be very helpful to bring sky rain. Drinking water too would be easily available. There will be 24 hour running water in all the supply lines and public

water-taps could be increased. A little extra effort and investment can do much to solve the supply of water for the valley inhabitants.

VP Sayami, Kathmandu

Harassment

There are a couple of points I would like to bring to the attention of the tourism minister. Why don’t you do something about the disgraceful level of policing and security in the Thamel area. It does not amount to much at all. Tourists are fed up of being constantly harassed by drug pushers all over the place which is taking place right under the noses of the police, and what do they do, nothing. It could be because they are taking back handers from the peddlers themselves.

You are paying them a salary to do nothing. Also isn’t it about time that this country got some electricity. We are sick of living under candles all the time.

James, England

Shocking

It was shocking to read Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai’s comments (THT, March 28) where he lambasted and tried to discredit both the Nepalese Army and the judiciary system. The comment was both untimely and inappropriate. It is clear to all Nepalese that the Maoists came to the mainstream mainly because they couldn’t defeat the Nepalese Army militarily. Nepal Army needs to be given due credit for saving this country from becoming a totalitarian communist state that the Maoists still want Nepal to become. The recent comments against the judiciary gives us more reasons to believe that they are against democracy. The judiciary is a very important and indispensable pillar of democracy which keeps the government in check by making sure that their decisions are according to the law of the land. The Maoist party, which has

given ample examples that they do not necessarily want to follow the nation’s laws when it comes to fulfilling their ambitions, are now hurt by the right decision by the Supreme Court, which in this case went against them.

They have now resorted to the ploy of trying to discredit in the eyes of the public the only two institutions of the country that have stood the bloody onslaught and can now stand in the way of their ambitions to make this a totalitarian state.

Sunil Sharma, Teku