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Take Strong Measures In light of the worsening situation of wastage of scarce resources, the newly proposed Commission to Review Public Expenditure can give desired results only if the political leadership is committed in words and in deeds to manage the situation (Whose Job Is It Anyway? Spotlight September 8). A poor country like Nepal cannot afford to bleed its resources like this. The unbridled corruption, mismanaged development projects and indifferent political administration has left the country crying for mercy. Kumar KC Can They Do It? Although the government has proposed to set up a commission to review the expenditures and recommend ways to manage public resources, nobody believes it will achieve anything (Whose Job Is It Anyway? Spotlight September 8). Who is responsible for the present economic mess of the country? Definitely, these very same politicians with the help of character-less bureaucrats. Can they punish themselves for these crimes, first? If they cannot, then this proposed commission is no more than an eyewash. Dilli Bhattarai Clean The Top In a country ruined by political corruption and administrative inadequacies, the setting up of a mere commission to review expenditures will make no difference (Whose Job Is It Anyway? Spotlight September 8). If the leaders are serious to control this malady, they should first cleanse themselves, it is the top level itself from where the mismanagement of resources began. Binaya Dhungana No Way Down The cover story "Whose Job Is It Anyway?" (Spotlight September 8) portrayed the grim picture of Nepal vis-a-vis its South Asian neighbors regarding the management of public resources and handling of expenditures. It seems Nepal has reached nadir in this aspect, quite simply there is no way down from here. So, the issue now is do we want to stay in this point or do we want to climb up? It is for the politicians and policy-makers to take the decision. Madan Sharma Extract Benefit The cover story "Unshakeable Foundation" (Spotlight September 1) was good in the sense that it provided useful information regarding the relations between Nepal and China. In fact, the Sino-Nepal relations are comparatively very less talked about than Indo-Nepal relations despite the both countries being our neighbors. Definitely, our geography, culture and religion has taken us very close to India but this does not mean we can have a strong economic relation with the northern giant. Nepal should take steps to economically benefit from its proximity with the huge Chinese market. Nishanta KC Is It The Emergence? Apropos the article "Emergence of Groups" (Spotlight September 1) your magazine pointed that this time around the settlement of disputes in the Congress was made possible by the emergence of strong groups within. But we outsiders still see the same old theory in the play -- for months the two leaders quarrel, for few weeks they hold the whole country at ransom and one fine day they decide to meet for lunch and announce everything is ok. They do not reveal on what points have they agreed and for how long is their agreement going to live. This is a very poor practice and in no way appropriate for a party as old as Congress. Ratna Shakya About The Heart It is good that a private sector nursing home like Norvic has introduced the facility of Cathlab in the country but of what use will they be to the poor section of the country (Hearty News Spotlight September 1). It cannot be denied that the facility is up for grabs to only those people with deep pocket. But for these people, the facility here or in India or overseas makes no difference, they can always afford to benefit from the facility. It could be of tremendous use to people from middle class and poor strata if the operators of the nursing home devise some way to make it affordable. Suman Chhetri |
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