Past, Present, Feature

Day: July 18, 2021

  • First meeting of reinstated Parliament to begin today

    First meeting of reinstated Parliament to begin today

    KATHMANDU: The first meeting of the reinstated House of Representatives (HoR) is beginning at 3 pm Sunday as per the Supreme Court’s (SC) verdict last Monday.

    The SC verdict had on July 12 overturned Prime Minister KP Oli’s decision to dissolve the House of Representatives.

    A five-member Constitutional Bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana had ordered to reinstate the Parliament by annulling the government’s decision to dissolve it.

    The meeting of the reinstated House begins at a time when the CPN-UML party is embroiled in intra-party wrangling.

    The SC had also ordered to appoint Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba as the Prime Minister in line with Article 76 (5) of the Constitution.

    President Bidya Dev Bhandari had dissolved the HoR for the second time upon the recommendation of the Council of Ministers on May 22.

    Following the dissolution of the HoR, NC President Deuba had filed a writ petition with the signatures of 146 lawmakers at the Supreme Court.

    Earlier on December 20 last year, President Bidya Bhandari had dissolved the HoR on the recommendation of Prime Minister Oli.

    The apex court had then annulled the government’s decision to dissolve the HoR on February 23 for the first time.

  • Janakpur-Jayanagar railway track speed to be tested

    Janakpur-Jayanagar railway track speed to be tested

    JANAKPUR: A speed test of the Janakpur-Jayanagar railway track is being carried out today.

    The railway track speed testing and certification is being carried out as part of preparations to run the railway services, said its general manager Guru Bhattarai.

    The track speed test is being carried out by the Diesel Locomotive Rail of India’s east-centre railway.

    Track speed testing is an important process prior to the regular operation of the railway service.

    And since the speed of the railway will be 120 km per hour, security on the railway track will be important, Bhattarai said.

    As a result, sufficient number of police personnel and employees will be mobilized for the testing today.

    A request has also been made to the general public to maintain distance from the railway track, and not leave cattle astray and stop children from wandering around.

    In case of no problem found in course of the testing from Jayanagar to Janakpur and back, the Indian railway company will hand over a certificate to the Nepal Railways Company Limited.

    This will then pave the way for the official opening of the service, after other requirements are fulfilled.

    Two rails purchased by the government at the cost of Rs. 846.5 million from India in a government-to-government process had arrived in Janakpur station in October last year.

    However, it is yet to come into operation and remains idle in the Inarwa station of Janakpur.