Livestock development for poverty eradication

Dhading, Feb. 14 (RSS):Dhading District Livestock Development Office distributed chickens, goats, hybrid pigs and buffaloes to the farmers of the backward communities with the objective of increasing their income under the poverty alleviation programme.

Altogether 400 chickens were distributed to 10 poor farmers of the backward community in Ward No 3 of Nilkantha Village Development Committee while 20 local goats and three hybrid goats were provided to to the women’s group constiuted at Maidi-9 under the Women Development Programme, according to the district Livestock Development Office.

Likewise under the Hybrid Pig Development programme, 22 hybrid pigs (20 females and two males) were distributed to the hybrid pig farm group of Nilkantha-5 and 20 Hybrid buffaloes were provided to the poor farmers of Baireni-8 under the Buffalo Development Programme.

A policy has been formulated to run various programmes under the B. P. with the poor programme for poverty alleviation.

According to Dr. Guru Prasad Khakurel, arrangements have been made to distribute the first kids of the distributed goats to other farmers of the district.

Meanwhile, a report received form Parasi chairman of Nawalparasi District Development Committee Iswori Prasad Sharma inaugurated the one-day agricultural fair organised by Sunwal Village Development Committee and the district Agriculture Development Office at Sunwal VDC recently.

Seventy-four stalls demonstrating various agricultural products and tools and implements were opened at the fair.

On the occasion thirty-one farmers were given prizes for their products.

Himlal Parajuli, Parshuram Chapagain, Ramchandra Lamichahe, Bhanubhakta Gautam, Man Bahadur Dhakal and Devi Prasad Ghimire were given prizes for best cow and buffalo, foodgrain, tomato, potato and vegetable production in the district.

Institutional development of cooperatives stressed

Kathmandu, Feb. 14 (RSS):Minister of State for Women, Children and Social Welfare Mrs Kamala Pant inaugurated the 2nd annual general meeting of the Udhami Mahila Chetana Sahakari Samaj Limited (Women Entrepreneurs Awakening Cooperative Society Limited) here on Sunday.

Throwing light on the importance of savings and loan investment, Mrs Pant stressed the need for its institutional development.

President of the National Cooperatives Asociation Dipak Prakash Banskota released the second edition of "Sewa" published by the Udhami Mahila Chetana Sahakari Samaj Limited and stressed the need for cooperation from everyone to make arrangement for marketting of the good produced by the institution.

At the function chaired by chairperson of the Udhami Mahila Chetana Sahakari Samaj Limited Mrs Gita Shrestha, member-secretary of the Social Welfare Council Dr. Tika Prasad Pokherel, co-chairman of the National Coperative Development Board Rajendra Bahadur Shaha and registrar of of the department of cooperatives Hari Prasad Nepal threw light on the role of women in development of cooperatives.

In Hetauda, the 4th town council of Hetauda municipality has passed a budget of Rs 47,462,157 for the current fiscal year.

The town council decided to request His Majesty’s Government to provide drinking water, electricity and drainage facilities in 11 wards and to run a bus park in the municipality.

The town council also decided to request His Majesty’s Government to provide necessary budget for construction of two bridges over the Karra rivulet linking ward nos. 5 and 8 of the municipality.

The meeting was chaired by mayor of Hetauda municipality Dormani Poudel.