Condolence books in all CDO offices

KATHMANDU, June 3 (RSS) - Condolence books have been kept at the district administration offices in all 75 districts for 13 days for the general people wishing to pay tributes to His Majesty Late King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Her Majesty Late Queen Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah and other members of the royal family.

A Home Ministry notification to this effect issued today has also requested all the concerned district administration offices to make necessary arrangements.

Locals oppose road construction

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NUWAKOT, June 3 - The construction work of Chautara road in Dukhuntar, ward No. 6 is facing difficulty after the locals withdrew their support to construct the road under the town level project.

The town level project was decided in an attempt to develop town infrastructures on the demand of the local people who had promised to donate land for the road construction.

The road was scheduled to be constructed from the inner belt of Inarpatti in Bidur Municipality ward No. 6 to Galchhi Devighat road at Banako Chautara after the locals requested in writing to the ward office for the same. A total of 66 residents of the ward had submitted an application to the office for construction of the road promising that they would donate land for the purpose.

The process was then moved ahead and finally the office decided to construct the road. The same people later submitted an application to Mayor of Bidur Municipality requesting him to withhold the road construction works stating that they would not be able to donate land for the road and that the road was no more necessary.

After the request of the users for road construction, the municipality and the ward office had decided to undertake the project. The estimate for road construction had also been

prepared to speed up the construction works and the people had started digging the road, according to ward chairman Bharat Sadaula.

Although the construction work has been stopped for the time being due to the controversy among the locals, Ward Chairman Sadaula told The Kathmandu Post that effort would be made to develop consensus among the local people and construct the road.

A teacher said on condition of anonymity that they "had taken initiative to construct the road, but since the ward office started construction of the road we have stopped construction of the road."

There is a possibility of developing Bidur Municipality as an industrial area in the next few years after the construction of Syabrubesi Kerung road and linking of Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts with Prithvi Highway, and thereby, with the Terai area, with the construction of Pasang Lhamu Highway of Nuwakot and Devighat Galchhi road.

Construction of Dukhuntar Banako Chautara road in the bazaar area is likely improve economic status of about 600 households although the distance of this road only three kilometres.

Although some sections of the society have opposed the road construction, common people stress the need to construct the Chautara road, according to Bharat Sadaula.

Leopard killed in Manthali

MANTHALI, June 3 (PR) - The leopard trapped in the shed of Indra Bahadur Budhathoki, resident of Tilpung VDC has been shot dead after 10 days.

Villagers had not allowed the leopard, for the last 10 days, to go out of the shed which was used for keeping goats.

After the leopard was trapped, villagers had informed the local administration that the leopard had killed around 25 of their domestic animals and that the man-eater would attack people as soon as it saw them.

The Chief District Officer, Lok Bahadur Khatri, decided on Friday, on the basis of the local VDC, that it was not safe to release the leopard. He directed the police office to kill the leopard by exercising Local Administration Act, 2028 BS and the police shot it dead after firing two rounds of bullets, according to police.

The local VDC has said it has handed over the dead leopard to Ilaka Forest Office.