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Kathmandu,Thursday February 17, 2000 Fagun 05, 2056.
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Measures against food crisis sought
By a Post Reporter
HETAUDA, Feb 16 - Chairmen and
vice-chairmen of 10 remote VDCs of Makwanpur district jointly demanded that the 8th
District Council of Makwanpur initiate long-term measures to grapple with the problem of
hunger in these VDCs.
They have informed the District
Council that the abiding problem of food insufficiency and hunger must be tackled
permanently in 10 VDCs where the bulk of the residents belong to the most backward Praja
and Tamang communities.
The VDCs included Khairang,
Kankada, Kalikatar, Dandakharka, Gogane, Agra, Sarikhet, Bharta and Raksirang. In some of
these VDCs, family food production is not even sufficient for three months. Scarcely 5
percent of families who live in these VDCs collect food sufficient for the whole year.
The DDC president Rameswor Rana
said the DDC is in the process of preparing a workplan for the long-term development of
these areas. He informed that the "food for work programme" will also be
implemented there. The DDC is emphasising that NGOs and INGOs based in the district should
work in these areas.
There are about 600 NGOs in
Makwanpur district but none of them have been working in these areas.
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