Apropos of the news story “Water supply, sewerage systems need restructuring” (THT, July 23, Page 1), I have no doubt in my mind that we are perfect slave material.

The boss says ‘thou shalt fill the potholes in 15 days’, and liaison officer and behold all of them including the most exalted ones are on the street on Saturday trying to meet the deadline.

Isn’t it their job to plugs all the holes and the potholes without being ordered by the chief boss to do so? The exalted bosses’ are at their wits’ ends when they exclaim in despair “No one knows the source and end-point of the sewerage pipes”. Excuse? This should be inducted into Ripley’s ‘Believe it or not’ riddle list.

Can they confer with astrologers, or the apparition of Jamuna gubhaju, a legendary magician who could carry water in a bamboo doko (basket), or the Lord himself to find out the beginning and end of the sewage pipes in the Kathmandu Valley. Or, can they dig up the entire city in search of sewage pipes? They should.

This is the end of all projects in Nepal: ‘Khoi Gai? Kholo le bagayo’ (Where is the cow? Swept away by river!). End of the story. This is the Nepali development model. If you go to the district office, they will tell you sorry they do not have a record of your citizenship. Nobody knows who has the record.

Then as if they are the lords, they will ask you to get a new one with new citizenship number, new date of birth etc. Do we need to say anything more? Truly a magical land, this country: new Nepal. Can the PM order the district office to find out the records of all citizenship copies from the time when Nepal came into existence 240 or 250 years ago?

Or can we pay a thousand rupees or so to find our record?Everyone knows the dangers of fiddling with the personal details in a citizenship. The public servants should know more.

Manohar Shrestha, Kathmandu

Taking an eel

I am writing this to underscore the fact that I/NGOS and foreign donors have been doing amazing jobs in the various parts of Nepal.

However, it is really so sad that some of the exotic people who come to Nepal through such noble projects tend to fulfill their ulterior motives by proselytising people in the rustic part of Nepal who are not scientifically literate.

I am deeply concerned for the fact that in the name of religious freedom institutions or people can’t bait the innocence of intellectually disabled people by means of theological recruitment. I think in the free society let people make their own independent choices for who they are.

It is not nice to cajole with them in order for high jacking their emotional intelligence. The culture of outfoxing the telescopicphilanthropy by giving an inch to take an eel must be ended. There should be unconditional love and supports for the humanitarian issue.

The sorrow and misery of people are not the theological breeding grounds for any religion to grow.

Shiva Neupane, Melbourne