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| Kathmandu Thursday April 04, 2002 Chaitra 22, 2058. |
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Maoists hit water supply, powerhouse
Rebels continue attacking development
Post Report
KATHMANDU, April 3 : In a continuing series of
arson and intimidation, the Maoist rebels have disrupted water supply to Narayan municipal
area in Dailekh by cutting off water mains on Tuesday. This has resulted in unmitigated
water crisis, report said.
The town which used to receive drinking water
from a stream in the neighbouring VDC which is 18 km away is reeling under water crisis in
the wake of natural spouts too running dry.
Elsewhere, the rebels have vandalised the 240 KW
powerhouse of Muktinath General Hydro Electricity in Phidim by setting off pressure bomb
resulting in the loss of property running into Rs.7.5 million, press release issued by the
company on Wednesday said. No one has, however, been hurt in the incident.
Similarly, in what may be said to be a case of
bandh called off failing to hold, report from Dhangadi said, the rebel activists set afire
two Nepalgunj-bound minibuses. Police said the two buses, which had emanated in
Mahendranagar in Kanchanpur, have been completely gutted in the fire.
No one has been hurt in the incident which took
place in a relatively busy segment of the east-west highway. The rebels had told the
passengers to get off before setting the bus on fire.
The incident took place regardless of the bandh
called off by the rebel outfit for the unhindered conduct of SLC examination. Seeing that
the rebels had set the buses on fire, other buses which were plying towards Nepalgunj had
quickly turned back, our reporter from Dhangadi said.
Likewise report coming from Rolpa said, the
rebel activists have vandalised the control tower of Jhufal airport after the security
personnel were removed to the district headquarters on security ground on Tuesday.
The airport used to receive at least five
flights a week through fair weather. The loss incurred by Tuesday night’s incident
has been estimated at Rs.10 million. This is likely to set in crisis of consumer items in
the district headquarters, report said.
Report coming in from Nepalgunj said the rebels
opened fire on a speeding bus in Kusum which is 68 km east of Banke which resulted in the
cleaner of the bus getting injured. The incident would have taken an ugly turn had the
driver of the bus stopped the bus, report said.
Meanwhile, our reporter from Dailekh said, the
number of government and VDC offices gutted in the last few days has hit 55. The offices
include post offices, VDC offices and schools, among other government offices. The rebels
have also cut off power supply to Surkhet by felling trees nearby transmission lines.
Similarly, delayed report from Biratnagar said,
the rebels hit four VDC offices in Taplejung even as they vandalised five additional VDC
offices in Myagdi.
In Narayan Danda Sarlahi, the rebels blasted the
MARTS and C-DOT telephone tower throwing nearly 238 telephone lines out of order. The
tower has been reported to be completely out of order. This has rendered communication
within and outside the town as impossible
Rebels have also destroyed the VHF telephone set
in Phulaute. The set belonged to Vinayak Cooperative.
Similarly, the rebels have felled trees along
Kathmandu-Trisuli road resulting in the disruption of vehicular traffic since Tuesday. The
rebels have also dug up the road rendering any vehicular movement as impossible. Skeletal
vehicular traffic between Trisuli and Kathmandu was rerouted through Dhading.
Vehicular traffic has been also reported to be
thrown out of gear along the Arniko highway subsequent to the felling of trees in Sukute.
Buses coming from Dolakha have been reported to have returned back.
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