WI THOUT F EAR O R F A V O U R Nepal’s largest selling English daily Vol XXIX No. 151 | 8 pages | Rs.5 O O Printed simultaneously in Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Bharatpur and Nepalgunj 33.7 C 14.5 C Monday, July 19, 2021 | 04-04-2078 Nepalgunj Jomsom Deuba set to govern for a year and a half as he wins House confidence As many as 165 lawmakers vote in favour of Deuba’s trust motion while 83 vote against and one remains neutral. BINOD GHIMIRE KATHMANDU, JULY 18 Five days after his appointment as prime minister, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday evening won the vote of confi- dence in the reinstated House of Representatives, ensuring that he will lead the government for a year and a half—or until the periodic elec- tions are held. Deuba’s confidence vote win also saves Parliament from dying an untimely death after two earlier assaults by the erstwhile prime minis- ter, KP Sharma Oli, in December last year and May this year. On Sunday evening, 165 lawmakers voted in favour of Deuba and 83 against. One lawmaker remained neu- tral. Only 249 lawmakers in the 271-strong lower house were present POST PHOTO: HEMANTA SHRESTHA RSS during voting. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba Buddha images installed at Barbot in Namobuddha Municipality, Kavrepalanchok. The park was built at a cost of Rs7.6 million with an aim to develop the spot as a pilgrimage site. “I hereby declare that the vote of confidence motion tabled by Prime party lost badly. Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has After Oli’s CPN-UML merged with been endorsed with a majority,” the Communist Party of Nepal Speaker Agni Sapkota said after the (Maoist Centre) in May 2018, he was voting. leading a near two-thirds majority INSIDE As vaccine storage becomes issue, officials Deuba, 75, took over from Oli government, set to rule for the full whom he had handed over power five-year term. exactly three years and five But after the fall of Oli’s govern- In Kalikot, gender months ago on February 18, 2018 after ment, Deuba now has the support of discrimination begins at birth mull inoculating those above 18 in cities overseeing the first elections, held 60 percent of the lawmakers. under the new constitution, which his >> Continued on page 2 KALIKOT: Three weeks ago, Jaisinghe BK became the proud father of a healthy baby. His joy knew no bounds Millions of jabs are arriving later this week from China. for his wife had successfully borne him a baby boy on their first try. The More from Japan and China in grants have been 23-year-old resident of Bhaisakhal in Narharinath Rural Municipality, committed. Experts call for equitable distribution. Kalikot hired traditional musicians to play the Panche Baja to celebrate the occasion. The musicians led a procession from Kumalgaun Primary Health Centre, where the baby was born, to the couple’s home. In the cen- tre of the procession was the new mother, BK’s 21-year-old wife, smiling happily adorned with a garland of currency notes, accompanied by her family members. “A daughter-in-law who brings a baby boy into the world and our home deserves every bit of pomp and show,” said Manbirey BK, Jaisinghe’s father. (Details on Pg 2) Chitwan nature guides worry about uncertain future KATHMANDU: Born and brought up in Sauraha, one of the major hubs of wildlife tourism in the country, POST FILE PHOTO Rajendra Dhami grew up hearing sto- Experts say vaccinating as many people as possible against Covid-19 is a good idea. ries of wildlife and wild adventures. As almost everyone in the neighbour- ARJUN POUDEL made, if we have problems in storing hood was somehow dependent on KATHMANDU, JULY 18 vaccines, we can administer them to a wildlife tourism, Dhami, now 32, maximum number of people in big could not remain untouched. Having As millions of doses of Covid-19 vac- cities and bordering areas.” an elder brother as a nature guide cines are set to arrive in the coming Public health experts say that pro- and seeing others in the same locality days and storage space for them is an viding vaccines to a maximum number also working as nature guides issue, officials are mulling vaccinat- of people residing in big cities and inspired him to choose the same path. ing all those above 18 in Kathmandu those living in areas bordering India In 2010, Dhami started working as a and other big cities. and China is not a bad idea but author- nature guide in Sauraha. With an At least 2.4 million doses of Vero ities should ensure that those residing impressive academic background, it Cell vaccine are arriving next week as in the remote areas are also inoculated. did not take him long to excel in the flights to Beijing are scheduled for “As the vaccines were provided to profession. (Details on Pg 3) July 21, 22 and 24, according to Nepal elderly people, who were in a very Airlines. Each flight brings at least high risk group in the earlier phases, 800,000 doses of vaccine. authorities should now ramp up vacci- Finance minister presents But, according to officials at the nation drives in the big cities and budget ordinances in House Ministry of Health and Population, bordering areas,” Dr Binjwala only around 1 million doses of the Shrestha, a public health expert, told KATHMANDU: Despite the present rul- vaccine can be stored in the central the Post. “To continue economic activ- ing coalition’s earlier reservations facility in Kathmandu. ities and prevent a massive outbreak, over the introduction of the budget “We are working on how to manage people residing in the densely populat- through an ordinance by the outgoing the internal supply of the vaccine,” an ed areas should be vaccinated.” KP Sharma Oli-led government in official at the Department of Health According to Dr Sarad Onta, May, Finance Minister Janardan Services told the Post, asking not to be another public health expert, authori- Sharma on Sunday presented three named. “We will supply some vaccines ties should also ensure equitable dis- budget-related ordinances at the joint to the provincial stores upon arrival tribution of vaccines to all eligible session of the federal parliament held and make room in the central storage populations. after the restoration of the House of for others.” “We have been asking the authori- Representatives by the Supreme The Chinese Vero Cell vaccine, like ties since the beginning that the dis- Court. There were expectations that AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson tribution of vaccine should be equita- the Nepali Congress-led government Covid-19 vaccines, needs to be stored ble and it is the responsibility of the could bring a new budget or revise it. at a temperature between 2 and 8 government to prevent the disparities The Oil government on May 29 had degrees Celsius. in vaccine distribution,” said Onta. introduced a Rs1.64 trillion budget Officials are also thinking of immu- “We have seen that the priority group through an ordinance. (Details on Pg 5) nising all those above the age of set by the authorities are not followed 18 living in cities as the vaccines properly [for immunisation]. All peo- arrive since there is more risk ple whether they are residing in the of the coronavirus infecting village or cities should get equal people living in densely populat- opportunities to get vaccines.” ed areas. So far the government has been vac- “As people in the densely popu- cinating people on the basis of their lated areas are highly vulnera- age and other groups most at risk like ble, and the risk of outbreak is frontline health workers, journalists, very high there, vaccines can be those working in banks and financial administered to all eligible citi- institutions, and people’s representa- zens,” an official at the Health tives. Migrant workers are also being Ministry told the Post on condi- vaccinated as destination countries tion of anonymity. “Though the bar entry to unvaccinated workers. final decision has not yet been >> Continued on page 2 C M Y K MONDAY, JULY 19, 2021 | 02 NATIONAL BRIEFING In Kalikot, gender discrimination begins at birth Local unit to distribute laptops Despite efforts from social organisations and local authorities to raise awareness on gender discrimination, prejudices against girls are still prevalent. to community school teachers PALPA: Rambha Rural Municipality in TULARAM PANDEY Taran Bahadur Shahi, mayor of Palpa district is planning to distrib- KALIKOT, JULY 18 Tilgufa Municipality. It is in fact ute laptops to the teachers of equally practised in well-to-do educat- all community schools in the local Three weeks ago, Jaisinghe BK ed families, he says. unit to promote technology-friendly became the proud father of a healthy “Around 80 percent of the so-called education. “The local unit will baby. His joy knew no bounds for his educated families send their sons to a provide a special subsidy to wife had successfully borne him a boarding school while their daughters purchase laptops in the upcoming baby boy on their first try. The 23-year- are sent to public ones,” said Shahi. “I fiscal year that began from old resident of Bhaisakhal in enrolled my son, who was studying in Friday,” said Krishna Prasad Regmi, Naraharinath Rural Municipality in a boarding school in Surkhet, to a pub- the spokesperson of the rural Kalikot hired traditional musicians to lic school in the municipality to set an municipality. According to him, play the Panche Baja to celebrate the example for others.