Terai Madhesh

SAPTARI: Chairman of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) Upendra Yadav has averred on Monday that the 7-point peace deal forged between the UCPN-Maoist establishment faction and the non-Maoist actors is not going to bear a sustainable peace. Speaking at a press meet organized in Rajbiraj by the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Nepal, Saptari chapter, the former minister appraised the facades of the peace deal and said, integrating only 6,500 Maoist People Liberation Armies(PLA)’s combatants and sending others home by handing some amount of money in the name of rehabilitation may ignite a fresh conflict. “The seven-point deal has misjudged the idea of Security Sector Reform (SSR) and making it inclusive, which has kept intact possibility of conflict,” he said. Yadav doubted the implementation of the seven- point deal, saying the leaders of the major parties are not honest. Laying a claim that the incumbent Bhattarai-led government cannot execute the twin tasks of process and s...

RSS RAJBIRAJ: At least two people died and as many as hundred affected due to diarrhea outbreak in Tilathi of Saptari district. The deceased have been identified as Thakani Devi Yadav (65) of Tilathi VDC-4 and Niras Sutihar (15) of ward 7, informed in-charge of Tilathi sub-health post Deependra Kumar Jha. Thakani Devi had long been in critical condition due to diarrhea and died while undergoing treatment. Likewise, Niras Sutihar also breathed his last on Friday morning due to the same problem. It has been gradually breaking out in the village, said locals. Over hundred of diarrhea patients are getting treatment at camp conducted by the District Public Health Office in Tilathi while some of them are being admitted at Sagarmatha zonal hospital in Rajbiraj. Chief District Officer of Saptari Lekhnath Pokharel has issued directive to the District Public Health Office to take immediate measures to prevent diarrhea in the district. [[.. Read more at  "Diarrhea claims t...