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Kathmandu,Monday March 06, 2000 Fagun 23, 2056.
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Mid-west least developed
By a Post Reporter
NEPALGUNJ, March 5 - Mid-Western Development Region
is the most backward region with 12 of its total 15 districts ranked among the least
developed districts of Nepal, development experts have said on the basis of human
development index.
This has been mentioned by former member of
National Planing Commission Dr Bal Gopal Vaidya in his paper presented at the 3-day
Mid-Western Regional symposium entitled “Population and Development”. The
seminar was organised under the auspices of Ministry of Population and Environment.
Dr Vaidya said that nearly 60 percent families of
this region are below the poverty line and that the situation of people in Himali and
hilly areas was still worse. The average life expectancy of people in this region was also
four years less than that of people in other regions, he added.
Inaugurating the symposium, Minister for Population
and Environment Bhakta Bahadur Balayar said the problem would further deteriorate if the
country failed to move ahead with proper adjustment of population, development and
environment in its programmes before it is too late. He also clarified that the government
was committed to creating awareness among the people down to the grassroots level in this
process.
Chairman of Banke DDC Om Prakash Jung Rana, who was
on the chair, said the uncontrolled migration to Terai areas due to the Maoist problem and
political tension in this region had adversely affected the development efforts of the
area.
There were 50 participants in the symposium
representing education, environment, local development, health and communications sectors.
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