Even as the~ i uslice Kh!l n hun drccl cl.t ~ unc~rtam whl held or not \ of the clc~.: ur needs a \lab l ramlc:r ol d1 rocked the 1 third tran\kl of one hunu '>lrong pnllut \ laoJSl wllll:h for l J\ , thl l I ikcly ~.:r~.:.l L I muaunn hw t govcrntnlnt' .l'>l:d 1)11 CC!nll1l, d gnvcrnmc.;nLc in ~ovcm hc r r~.:ma l n'> hk,d, at Lh~.: p11nr I c.t\'lng t en l:lWcr '>tory I pu hi n eel Ul rcccn •t·~ .1 l. 1 r~ \)u,~~'-" . " " " Dcsp1Lc '>l'Vl:r! scuor h,l., t! m.tint.un \t·p~ •\long with m.tnagcmcnl 1 t his wcc.;k. t~ l ' and ecology, ( 'cp,d, what U 1 the U J \,~ ignor,tn( dJsasterc, ~~ Keshab Po Editor iA UIC1 'CrriltSCi) De~ ffll. NEPAL INVESTMENT BANK LTD. tfru ( y a 1'/epa ( i (]J an l{. =---------- -------- From The Editor SPOT HL IG TFORTNIGHTLy Lven as the government led hy chid JUstice Khil RaJ Regmi completed JL'> hundred Jay~ 1n offrcc, ll ic, '>till uncenam \\ hethcrthc clccuonc, \\'Ill he held or not. \\'1th the .tnnnunu:mcnt of thL clet:llon date, the go\'Crnment need~ d. ~lo.~hlc Cl\'d ~ei'\ ' ICL But the lran~lc r ol dn=cns of ~ct:retanc<, has rot:ked the bure<\UcraL) I h1s 1~ the third lran~fcr 111 ,, row rn JU'>l.tm..lucr nf one hundred d..1ys 1\'> there I'> a strong political lorL'l under the t PN \ lan tsl whtch I'> opposi ng thl.' elect inns for(.,\ , t he h o~L i lc <.:iv tl scrdee \\'il l l1i<el) c reat e cl more u nI a Vnt'<t hlc 'illuauon lor the govern men L. S1nee thc mcnl ' ~ lt.:g1timat:y .tnd stahdiL)' on thL II pn1nl pnllllL.d ·nt. thLre 1'> no threat ln the governmLnl c\·Ln ilthcre I'> nnclt.:t:Llon m \o\emhLr \c,thL J1lllrliL.d ~~.:enano rcm,un., hk.tk \\ L ll.l\'Ldt.:Lllkd tnlnok ,\l lhl. ptlOI' l'l:'>UIU, nl lhL ~H:h\lt)l 1 c..t\'Jng ( erliiiL,\LL ~: .\..tin'> lor our c1wer '>Lor) Pnlrucr=ed 111 .dl I rnnl'>, puhlrt: LdUL..tllnn .,, '>lem, \\ h1Lh rc~.:· er\ e<o a l.trge dllln k nl thL ,uulLial budget, l'i on the \'l:l'gl nl cnll .tp'>c Desptte severe l l'l llt:l'>ln, the pnvate Flood: Curbing Damage 22 '>t:c t nr h,,.., done muc h hct lcr ln NEWSNOTES 2 mai ntar n Ne pal's Llll<ll ll y nl cd ucalmn BUSINESS BRIEF 3 Along with cduc.tllnn. d i.~ <l'>tcr OPINION : Dipak Gyawall 4 NATIONAL: Apex Court ma nagement t'> another h1ghltght lnr 5 POUTICS: Government's Honeymoon 6 this week. ( ;ivcn Ne pal's geography FACE TO FACE : Mohan Valdya Klran/ Suj ata Kolra la 7 and ec,1logy. disaster is no t new to PERSPECTIVE: Batu Uprety 9 Ne pal, what is new is our l<li lu r<.: tn VIEWPOINT : Dr. Som LaI Subedl 13 INTERVIEW : Govlnda Raj Joshi 14 the di.%l.'>lcr risl< m <~ nJ ge m e nL DELHI DIARY : Abljlt Sharma 16 tgnoranec ol peoplc about PROFILE : Dr. Singha B. Basnyat 17 disa<;ters BOOKWORM: Blpln Adhlkari 18 TRENDS: Adltl Aryal 19 ARTICLE: Hemang Dixit 2.0 REVIEW: Prof. Dr. Shreedhar Gautam 21 DOCUMENT: Pratlma Pande 23 JUDICIARY: Abhlshekh Ad hi karl 24 FORUM: Dhana Prasad Pandlt 25 Keshab Poudel TRENDS: Bidushi Adhikari 2.6 Ediror ENTERT AINTMENT 27 HEALTH: Buddha Basnyat, Md 2.8 Editor and Publisher : Keshab Poudel, Senior Editor: Alok Tumbahangphey Senior Correspondent: Saroj Oahal Correspondent: Uma Kania Khanal, (Jhapa) Abt]tt Sharma (New Delhi) Reporter: Oebcsh Adh1kari, NrraJAryal Marketing Manager : Madan Raj Poudel, Tel. 9841320517, Nabin Kumar Maharjan Tel: 9841291404. Photographer : Sandesh Manandhar Cover Design/layout : Hari Knshna Baslakoti, 9841456791 Editorral Office: Tel; 977+ 4430250 E-mail: [email protected], PO Box: 7256 Office : Kalhmandu. Nepal Printers : Megha Offset Printing Press (P.)ltd.. Dhapasi, Kathmandu. Ph: 4363624 Kathmandu OAO Regd. No. 148f11/063i64, Central Region Postal Rogd. No. 361067/068 US Library of Congress Calalogue No. 91 ·905060. ISSN: 2091·071 1 (Print), ISSN· 2091·0754 (Online) L--------------NEW SPOTLIGHT June 2.8, 2.013 1 NEWSNOTE Israeli Ambassador Hanan the UK is de[erm i ned to do alltt can 'Private Goder Visited Shivapuri co suppon Nepal in its preparations for Hanan Gocler, AmbasSaLlor uf ieee, cred ible, democratic and inclusive Israel, visited Shivapuri 11c met elections this November l;or this Pres :Vlukunda Raj Prakash Ghimlre,Joint purpose, the l ' K has already provided a What kit Secretary of Ministry of I'ores l and Sl1il total of i, ~.Sm through the Nepal Peace The new I Conservation, Gopal Bhattarai, Chicl Trust Fund and J5m through UNDP," 1'\ epah econc Warden o[ Shivapuri National Park, said am hassaclor Sparkes. export and re· GoLamsts a11d a team ot people o1 the "I am pleased Lo an nou nee ... that we and !>hou ld b, are gearing up our support. Through e~ N4Lional Park Accorclmg to Embassy of Israel, the the region, the U l<'s Department lor International Similarly, Israeli am has-;ador lo chLmncys arc install ed in <.wder to development DeveJopmcnL (DFID), we arc looking N~:pcd llanan Godcr visited improv; qu•diL)'ofli [eo!' villagers and to provide an additional H m to the i\ladhavhcst, Dhading lo inspect Lo reduce smoke and air pnllullon Nepal Peace Tru '>t l' uncl And Dl:m chimneys that arc in~La ll ed in some of 1\.m bassadnr TI a nan Oodcr also visited will support women'<; participation, the houses in \ladhavhcsi h}' •tn agricultural rurm in i\.l•ldhavbcsi clcelit111 observation and training lor 1cvcl b'=cdck, an Is rae Ii Organ 1zauon and wu.~ delighted to sec iL. wurking in \lcpal. JOU1'11<d ists Lh rough project.-; worth up to 12m," said t he ambassador India Support-; Kapilva<;tu School K<l tl amhari ~lcmoria l College of Cnn flict Management & Sc1cnce and ~ ·l anagcmcnL, and .'Jcpal I he Dist ri c t IJcvelopment Mitigation Pn~jccts College ol Development Studies and ( omm iLLcc, Kapi lvots Lu , and Shrce -1h e L1 s Agency lor lnternatice l;i\GAliL lligher Secondary School .tnd the IJevelopmcnt (LJSAID) ha~ launcheu Lmb.tssy o f India have signed a lnt'l Meet Of Environmental Lwo new conllict man.tgcmenL and revenue nric 1\ lcmorandurn ol llndcr<>Lanuing P ractit ioncrs mitigation project'>: Community investment to (Moll) lor an I nclian gmnt ussistan~:c 1\ three day meet ol one hundred Initiatives lor C.n mmnn l •ntlcrsLanc.ltng, llow tlo y• n l ~Rs .-J l ~9 million lor the sixty Policy \'fakers and and Inc lusive Resource ;\ lotnagcment lhc Cl)UJl construction ol a three sLo rtcd school Lnvironmental PraetiLinncrs bcgan in In itiaL ive . 'l he project~ wi II Ioeus nn 111SlJhdity. II· bUi lding untlcr 'Jepal lndi•t I eonom tc Kathmandu on June lH. I he aim nl the the ~lic.l and I ar \\'estern regions ol bad I>' ~u llcrcd l.onpcr.tlion Program program was to hoost .~ u!>ta J nab l c Nc p•d and address the roOL causes ol because ol no l•sL,lh li shcd in 1979 a'> a l ~rimury development aeros .~ Asiot conl'l1t:L b)' b rin p; 1ng together ceo nn mic a~c SchOl)l and suhscq ucnLiy upgraded LO Addressing the opcningscs~>it1n ol the rcpn:scnl,ltives ol cnnllit:Ltng groups · dcl<l)'Cd i 11 the I !i~ h er Secondary level in 2009, Sh rcL networking event, 1\mhassadnr to seck sol ulinns in a sale 'l pacc activillcs. I hl' J lligher Sceonc.l.lr)' School is situated at Alexander Spac hi .~. ll ca tl nf Lhe KOI CA Volunteers reed Slum on a timely ha Barkalpur \DC 2, lmiliya 1n l)clegotLion ol Lhc I uropcan l rn ion to Children nn the brink o l<ap il vasLu Dic;triet. Its cxisti11g '\epal,said LhaL chc Iii J had always heen I he 1\\l rea International 1nl rasLructurc is di lapid.ncd and at the forefront LO tackle the problems Coope ra ti on Agency (Kl)JCA) BoKJaunc in udcq uuLe to meet the growing rclutcd Lo exccs8i vc energy consu m pL inn, \ olumccrs panici paLed 111 a feeding Bankol Ka req ui rement.~ olthe sL uc.lcnL.~ a~ we ll cnvimnmcmal dcgraduuon, and limd ly program lor the poor -; lum children loan pi'Llduel wh ich wo men .l.s f.tcu iLy membe1·s. iml)acLsol cli mate ch•u1gc. rcsiding ncar ~ lan ohura River. 'v\~ International Meet On Child Am ba~>sador Spach is atlcJed LhaL the th ree yea IL mYR'I!IJlQll · Shrestha. Friendly Cities SWI'I ('I J Asia l)top;ram is one of the ~ •_'! ... ·I "l he prod The Mmi.c;try d Federal .1\llair-; &: mo.~L suceessl ul initiatives undertaken providing loan I o~.:a l Development (Mo l-Al 1/ ), by the I Ll Lo promote sustainable own busi ncssc1 LINI( Fl Nepal and C hi ld Friendly production <tnd consumption in ;\<;ht. loan comes \' Asi<l 1\tcific :-Jctworl< we re join tl y UK Boosts Support For Nepal accidental deal organi:::ing the 3rd International Election provides ba11l< ( .on fcrcnce on ChilcJ Friendly Cities lbc British government has agreed ATMs and 8 ex ( ll'C) in Kachmand u on 27-29 June.