LETTERS (Spotlight Weekly)

Start From Scratch (BOX)

Your cover story "The Road Ahead" (Spotlight January 7) sounded highly optimistic about the future of the country. Your reference particularly to the basic infrastructures being in place sound hollow. How can you term the existing infrastructures adequate to speed up the pace of development when only 15% of the population enjoy electricity, several districts in north-western region are yet to be connected by road and telephone lines are only available in urban areas. In fact, the country will have to start from scratch if it is to develop itself in the third millennium.

Siddhartha Acharya
Balaju

Millennium Agenda

Nepal has no choice but to adopt modern and scientific agenda to develop itself and keep pace with the rest of the world in the new millennium (The Road Ahead Spotlight January 7). The development of the country is long overdue. The first step in this direction will be to develop the education system of the country. Human resource is the most important resource available to this country.

Dinesh Amatya
Mangalbazar

What Holds for The Future?

It is difficult to predict Nepal's future at a time when the political leaders in collusion with corrupt bureaucrats have ruined the country plundering the resources and looting the nation (The Road Ahead Spotlight January 7). Unless and until the country rids itself off these elements, there is no hope for the country millennium or no millennium.

Radheshyam Khatri
Bangemuda

For New Nepal

It is sincerely hoped that the leaders and powers-that-be of the country realize their mistakes and start working for the good of this country in this new millennium (The Road Ahead Spotlight January 7). When the western developed nations are focussing to explore the space, we are still clutched by problems regarding the day to day life of our people. It is high time we geared up to meet the challenges of future.

Kiran Dahal
Kumaripati

A Sorry Episode

The hijacking of Indian Airlines plane from Kathmandu airport has marred the country's image before the world (Security Under Fire Spotlight December 31). Although, several international media blew the security issue out of proportion, it cannot be brushed aside. With the changing times and changed regional context, Nepal now has to beef up its security arrangements to prevent any such sorry episode in future.

Ganesh Basnet
Ghattekulo

Flight Of Uncertainty

The streaks of air crashes in recent months have shown that flying in Nepal is not safe these days (Growing Threat Spotlight December 31). After the government opened the sky for private airlines, the cut-throat competition among the players have forced them to undermine security issues. Importing cheap planes and flying them without thorough technical check-ups have invited this day.

Suresh Singh
Ason

UML Meet

The national council meet of the main opposition party CPN-UML ended with some interesting notes (Agenda For Agitation Spotlight December 31). Coming close after the party called for the special session to discuss the price hike, the meet decided that the party would now take to streets to protest the issue. It seems the party has decided to take to streets because the defeat of its candidates in the recent by proved elections showed the party was fast losing its popularity.

Asharam Pyakurel
Chitawan