Corruption in cleaning the city campaign!!!

After the popular campaign of road expansion of kathmandu valley, Prime minister Baburam Bhattrai has brought new campaign "Kathmandu Valley Cleanliness Campaign". When the deadline  of drafting the constitution is coming nearer, the Prime Minister is involved in designing and implementing such campaign.

According to news published by Nagariknews.com, there has been corruption in the buying of masks, gloves and other materials used for the cleanliness campaign. The Kathmandu Metropolitan city had proposed the budget of 2 crores for the campaign. They said that due to the emergent order from PM, they had no time to order a tender. So, they had to buy materials directly from the market. The amount paid is actually three times to six times expensive than the market retail rate.

Gloves ,masks and pamphlets

Nagarik daily had collected the samples from the places like New Baneshwor(Friday), Chabahil(saturday) and Baluwatar(Sunday) and has observed price.
The gloves which are widely available in Medial firms and Pharmacy are upto six times cheaper than price of gloves used in campaign. । Every items are of normal quality according to nagarik daily. The gloves that KMC gives to the persons joining the campaign costs Rs. 5 per unit. According to Kedar Bahadur Adhikari, KMC has bought it in Rs. 29.50. Up to Sunday, 30,000 gloves have been bought already.

Even masks are bought 30,000 units at Rs. 12 per unit which actually costs Rs. 4 in retail market.

The Pamphlets used for awareness  of campaign are also five times costly.KMC has said that  per unit printing cost is Rs. 1.50 which is 5 times greater that the ongoing market rate. One of the authority of KMC said " We had proposal of same on 40 paisa." Printing business houses say that this kind of pamphlets does not cost more that 30 paisa. The price is lowered if the order quantity is more.

Not only these, there have been more corruption in other items as well.

There is the blaming game even in the KMC. The purchasing department says that this is illegal act. One of the Purchasing Authority Dhurba Kafle says that the purchasing has been made without informing them. He said " If law is to be followed, then we should have tender if amount of purchase exceeds 1.5 lakhs. We do not know from where the budget came and how purchase has been made." He said that no urgency can breach the policy and procedures. The department has already shown their disagreement with Head of KMC stating that there has been breaching of law and order.

For more information and to read the full news in Nepali, follow the link:

 http://nagariknews.com/news-highlights/139-highlights/39091-2012-04-09-03-05-27.html

Indian Media says India's pride Gautam buddha will be seen in Nepalese Currencies

Through this post in this blog, I want to say to the whole world that

BUDDA WAS BORN IN NEPAL NOT INDIA. 

Many people hold the belief that Buddha was born in India. But is this not true. In many university, it is taught that Buddha was born in India but is this is false. I will be posting some factual information about birthplace of Buddha in the coming post so that it will be clear about the real fact. The whole world should be made aware of the fact because such news from any media can give negative information to general peoples.

Jhalanath slapper Deviprasad caught in Itahari!!!

April 7

Deviprasad regmi, who had been very much popular by slapping CPN UML President Jhalanath Khanal last year, has been arrested by nepal Police this saturday. He was caught in Itaharai while he was there to watch Jhalanath Khanal's speech of regional conference.

Jhalanath Khanal has not arrived itahari because he has said that he will not leave the capital city until the work of constitution finishes. The police stated that " We have caught him to ensure that no bad events will occur during the program. That's all."

To give pressure to make constitution in time, the CPN UML  is organizing the program.

Olympics flag will be waved in Mt. Everest!!!

Nepal is also the going to be the part of inaugural of London Olympics which is going to be started after four months. For the inaugral of the olympics, it has been decided that the flag of Olympics will be waved on the TOP OF THE WORLD: MT. EVEREST. For this, Mountaineer Furba Sherpa has got the responsibility to wave the flag.


Furba has already climbed Mt Everest for 19 times, and he is going to climb Everest in May for the inaugural. It is reported in nagarik daily, Chief Media Officer Susan Crown said that to give a new way of starting to the olympics, this strategy has been formulated and implemented. According to Crown, two flags(one small and next large) are to be placed at the Everest.The small flag is to be palced in the Everest and the large flag is to be taken to the London for the opening. Tourism experts believe that this kind of exposure will enhance image of Nepal to the world.

Susan further said that the proposal came from London's Eton School's students and the organizer Britain approved it. The idea came from students below 15 years to celebrate the idea is a new way. She said "We liked the idea and approved it. It will help London Olympics to celebrate in a grand way"

The students have already arrived Kathmandu with the flag. According to British Embassy, the team arrived  thursday and have already flew to Lukla. Team had a photosesson with The Ambassador and the flag. After visiting Lukla, they will handover the flag to Furba Sherpa and he will take the flag to the top of  Mt. Everest.

London Olympics will start from 27th July and ends on August 12th. There has been a prediction of 500000 spectators to visit London.

Shakti Gauchan with Rahul Dravid: Latest picture!!!

Latest picture of Rahul Dravid and Shakti Gauchan

Shakti Gauchan, who has been performing very well in the training camp, has impressed the captain Rahul Dravid and other team members of Rajasthan Royals. No matter he will not be a part of the Rajasthan Royals this season, the rumour is that he will be called in the next season too. Shakti too is very hopeful that he will make his career in RR. Shakti will return to his home country, Nepal this saturday.

Shakti Gauchan Outs Dravid:The Wall!!!!

Jaipur. 
"Shakti, Please come this way. Friends, have you met with Shakti from Nepal? He is performing best in the camp. Please give him a round of applause."When Rajasthan Royals captain Rahul Dravid praised the Nepalese spinner in front of the entire team , Shakti  Gauchan was unable to hold his happiness. Shakti Gauchan is one of the emerging bowling strength of the Rajasthan Royals Camp this year.In this emotional moment, Shakti said , "I was standing 10 meters away from Dravid. After making "RUN OUT" , Rahul Dravid called me . At first I was afraid, because Captain Dravid was standing with Australia's Brad Hodge and Shaun Tait. He introduced me with remaining players. And when Dravid praised me, I thought that my coming to IPL was successful. "


Dravid has been affected by the strength of his bowling. Shakti has played brilliantly in the recently concluded ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers. Shakti clean bowled Dravid in the nets. Moreover, Australia's Brad Hodge has also been trapped twice by the spin of Shakti Gauchan.In this short experience with the champions, Shakti said, "When I took wicket of Dravid, I wanted to celebrate the wicket. Since it was just a practice net, I had to calm myself."In the ICC T20 World qualifiers, Shakti had taken sensational hat-trick in the match against Denmark. . After this performance, Rajasthan Royals invited him to practice in the camp.How ever, playing of Shakti in IPL season 5 is not sure. But, this Nepalese spinner is eager to show the magic of his spin in the IPL matches.




(For more information and to see the news in hindi please follow the following link: http://www.bhaskar.com/article/SPO-nepali-shakti-impresses-captain-dravid-ipl-3054634.html)

Shakti Gauchan in Rajasthan Royals!!!!!

Shakti Gauchan

Indian Premier League (IPL) team Rajasthan Royals called up Nepali spinner Shakti Gauchan for trial on Wednesday.

Gauchan will fly to the Indian city of Nagpur on Thursday. Rajasthan Royals, looked after by Australian spin great Shane Warne as mentor, has been busy in its last training camp before the IPL in Nagpur.
“Our national team coach Pubudu Dassanayake took the initiative and after several correspondences with the Rajasthan Royals officials, he asked me to go Nagpur,” said Gauchan.
Coach Dassanayake has sent an email to Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) General Secretary Ashok Nath Pyakurel informing about the opportunity given to Gauchan.
“This could be a great experience for Shakti (Gauchan),” Dassanayake wrote to Pyakurel.
CAN will bear all the travel expenses while Rajasthan Royals will make accommodation arrangements for Gauchan during the trial period.
According to Gauchan, Rajasthan Royals Assistant Manager Romi Bhinder has informed Dassanayake that the team will try to accommodate the Nepali spinner.
“This is a happy moment for me. It is a great opportunity for me and I’ll give everything to get into the team,” said Gauchan. “All this has become possible because of the initiative taken by Pubudu sir (Dassanayake),” he added.
“At first I could not believe it but I was forced to believe it after ICC media Officer Lucy Benjamin congratulated me on a phone call,” said Shakti
Meanwhile, Nepali Captain Paras Khadka described it as a great opportunity for a Nepali player. “It is a great opportunity for a Nepali player. We, teammates, are just keeping our fingers crossed for his success. Trial, itself, is an opportunity,” he added.
The famous cricket website ESPNcricinfo has nominated Gauchan, along with captain Khadka, in its list of the best XI of the World T20 Qualifiers that recently concluded in the UAE.
Gauchan had claimed 16 wickets during the tournament. Cricinfo has described Gauchan as the chief exponent of Nepali bowling attack.