to people of Sindhuli VDCs

By Our Correspondent

Sindhuli, June 19: Come monsoon and the people of Dudhauli, Tandi, Latabhir and Sirthauli Village Development Committees of Kamalakunj area are fear of snakes. Locals say with the on set of the rainy season the area is infested with poisonous snakes like cobra and krait.

Six people are already bitten by cobra this year, and one of them,14-year-old Sita Magar, died due to snakebite.

Madan Pahadi, a local resident, says the poisonous snakes become a menace in the rainy season but the government has not done anything for treatment. "Locals themselves have set up a committee for treatment," he said. The committee was established in 2054, and in 2057 it was registered in the district administration office.

Chairman of the committee Laxman Bahadur Karki, who is also the chairman of the Latabhir VDC, said the committee has also arranged for a doctor from Muzaffarpur, India, at a monthly salary of Rs.14,000.

Karki said the cost of the treatment centre is borne by the three VDCs. This year two other VDCs have come joined the committee paying Rs.15,000 each annually. Last year six persons had died of snakebite in the area.

Before the establishment of the treatment committee 15 to 20 people used to die every year of snakebite. The number has now reduced to about half a dozen, they say.

The committee gets the anti-snake venum from the Epidemiological Section of the Ministry of Health under the recommendation of the District Public Health Office free of cost.

Karki said of the 100 vials they had received in the month of Jestha 96 vials have already been used.

Karki said getting the antidote is also a problem. They get only about a dozen vial at a time. To get more medicine they have to catch the political leaders, he said.

A patient may need from two to 76 vials of antidote, so they don’t know how many doses of the antidote they may need in a year.

The committee officials say after the patient only have to pay Rs. 50 for the treatment. All other treatment cost are free.

Dr. Mritanjaya Singh, the doctor at the committee, said if there are oxygen cylinder, suction machine, electricity and the patient is brought on time, no one will die of snakebite.

19 schools fail to get single student pass SLC exams

By Our Correspondent

Sindhulimadi, June 19: Nineteen out of 48 secondary schools of the Sindhuli district have failed to get even a single student pass the School Leaving Certificate examinations of the year 2058.

The District Education Office said 2,663 students of the district had taken the examination and only 180 of them passed the exams, 51 in the First, 114 in the Second and 15 in the Third division.

This year’s result is far worse than that of the last year when 30 per cent of the examinees had gone through.

Under the rule, any school with less than 15 per cent success rate are taken action against. District Education Officer Bijaya Prasad Acharya said 34 schools of the district, including those 19 with zero result, will be taken action against.

In Kavre, 12 public schools and one private boarding school also failed to get even one student in the pass list. The district has 80 public and 12 boarding schools.

According to the District Education Office, of the 5800 students who had appeared in the SLC examinations, only1,150 of them passed.

Chief Education Officer Lok Prasad Upadhyaya said the examinations of the Nightingale Boarding school was postponed. Students taking up computer subject of the Dipendra Police Boarding School also have their results postponed. Headmaster of the Dipendra Police Boarding School Hemanta Shumsher Rana called it the negligence of the district education office for not sending the results of the practical subjects on time. But Upadhyaya said that the office has sent the results to the SLC controller’s office.

Many guardians blame the shifting of the examination centres to the district headquarters for security reasons for the poor results.

Your Day Today

20 June, 2002

Aries (21 Mar-20 April): Money will be spent on religious work in daily life. There are many opportunities today. Health will be fine. Show patience with enemies.

Taurus (21 Apr-20 May): There will be profit from intellectual work. Family life will be fine. This is a lucky day for you. There will be much help from children.

Gemini (21 May-20 June): Help from senior family members. Social status will go up. Progress in business. Possibility of acquiring new property. Income will be normal.

Cancer (21 Jun-20 July): Health will be fine. Progress in intellectual sector. Today is a lucky day for you. Interest in religious work. Family life will be fine.

Leo (21 July-22 Aug): You may lose wealth suddenly. Health will not be good. Help from social connections. Money will be spent. Possibility of guests arriving. Show patience.

Virgo (23 Aug-22 Sept): Health will be good. Progress in intellectual work. Economical situation will be good.

Libra (23 Sept-22 Oct): Show patience with enemies. Social status not so good. Problems in work. Expenses will go up. Help from social connections. Health will be fine.

Scorpion (23 Oct-21 Nov): There will be much help from intellectual work and children. Progress in education. Interest in religious work. Today is a lucky day for you.

Sagittarius (22 Nov-20 Dec): You may go on a long tour for business. Family life not so good. Health will be fine. This is a lucky day for you. Political and social status will not be so good.

Capricorn (21 Dec-20 Jan): There will be much help from brothers and sisters. Social life will improve. Political approaches and financial development will get better.

Aquarius (21 Jan-19 Feb): There will be much help from intellectual work. Enemies will give tension. Health will not be so good. Family life will be good. You show patience.

Pisces (20 Feb-20 Mar): Health will be fine. You show patience. Progress in intellectual work. There will be much help from children. Progress in business.

By Acharya Shree Dhruv