This is with reference to the article “Remittance impact” (THT, April 16, Page 8). I have gone through the article which sounded to me a well thought-out view of the writer.

Well, there are lots of advantages of remittance. However, on the flip-side, the social ramifications cannot be neglected which may, in some cases, outweigh the positive aspects.

The article has stated how country is benefited by making 32 percent in gross domestic product. We have still some fatal consequences that we need to be alert about. For instance, husband and wife’s martial relationships may be at risk and other sexual diseases may be transported into a country. We always talk about creating job opportunity, but we fail to understand the subtle mechanism as to how a plebeian can also make a better future in a country. To my speculation, opportunity doesn’t necessarily mean just providing jobs for the people. It should be understood in a more broader prospective. Say, for example, a person should be able to open a bank account even with a small amount of money.

This will cultivate the habit of a person to not carry notes in pocket. The poor people who are washing dishes at restaurants may be able to save his/her money in bank accounts, the government should monitor on how wages are given to the people especially in the places where people have been exploited.

To create an egalitarian society, the government should bring systemic changes from the grassroots level. Poor people should be empowered with fair polices such as no matter what they do, their modicum income must be made plausible to buy house in any part of a county. It can be done through instalment packages. All people in a society cannot be educated in an equal manner.

Shiva Neupane, Melbourne

Snail-paced

It has been three years since the 2015 earthquake shook the nation, leaving nearly 9,000 people dead and rendering over half a million families homeless. It was the biggest ever national tragedies the country has witnessed in a period of 90 years.

The National Reconstruction Authority which was created to assist the quake victims and rebuild the damaged public infrastructure and individual houses has not been able to do the needful for bringing the life of quake victims back to normalcy.

Not only in Sindhupalchok, the worst hit district in the quake, many more quake victims in other districts, including the Kathmandu Valley, have also been living in tents waiting for the government assistance. Bureaucratic hassles have made the reconstruction work move at a snail’s pace. As the stable government of the left alliance has come to power, the reconstruction work must be expedited so that the victims may not need to spend yet another rainy season and chilling winter in the tattered tents. The NRA should also walk the extra mile to meet the victims expectations.

Pratik Shrestha, Buddhanagar