Nepal

Kathmandu, June 20

Kin of Bimala Tamang, 27, who was found hanging inside Samata Hospital on Tuesday, have filed an FIR against three staffers of the hospital accusing them of homicide today at Metropolitan Police Circle, Gaushala. Tamang was a staffer at the hospital.

The relatives filed the case on the basis of a ‘suicide note& found in the pocket of the deceased as it mentioned names, Tirtha Kumari Shrestha and Sangita K.C. The note also mentions the word ‘ma&am& which refers to Kala Adhikari Sanjel, wife of the hospital operator Uttam Sanjel.

Police have taken the three persons into custody. Relatives, friends and locals have claimed that she must have been killed before being hung as all the doors in the hall were locked from inside except one that was locked from outside.

Santosh Lama, brother in-law of Bimala said, &The fact that the body was inside a closed room and its only accessible door was locked from outside, points out to homicide.&

Police said they were investigating the case and would reach a conclusion soon. Bimalabody has been sent for forensic lab test and police expect the result in a few days. Deputy Superintendent of Police Hobindra Bogati at Metropolitan Police Range, Teku, said they were investigating if anyone named in the suicide note was associated with Bimalasuicide.

New Criminal Code Act endorsed last year has criminalised abetment to suicide as a crime that can result in jail sentence of five years or Rs 50,000 fine, or both.

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Kathmandu, June 20

General Secretary of the Pashupati Area Development Trust Pradip Dhakal said in a meeting of the Parliamentary National Concern and Coordination Committee that Pashupatinath temple was yet to receive an ownership certificate.

Responding to Dhakalstatement, NCCC Chairperson Dil Kumari Rawal said that preparation was under way to issue a certificate for the temple.

The PADT has been working on a master plan for the development of the temple area. The committee directed the PADT to obtain a certificate for the temple and implement its master plan. PADT members lamented that they didn&t get enough support from the government on administrative and security arrangements of the historic temple. Chairperson Rawal said NCCC had directed the home ministry to arrange security for the temple and that the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation had been asked to help in administrative aspects of PADT. The panel also directed PADT to conduct an investigation into its property.

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Kathmandu, June 20

The Meteorological Forecasting Division officially declared the onset of monsoon in Nepal today, after a delay of 10 days from the normal date.

Monsoon usually enters Nepal on June 10 and withdraws on September 23. Last year, the country welcomed monsoon on June 8, two days ahead of the normal date. &Monsoon has entered Nepal after a delay of 10 days from the eastern region of the country and is in the process of gradually advancing towards the western region.

&It may take a few days for the active monsoon to spread across the country bringing plenty of rain,& read a special weather bulletin issued by the MFD.

The period of four months between June and September is generally called the South Asian Monsoon in Nepal. Once monsoon enters from the eastern region, it makes westward advancement through the central region to the remaining parts of the country, in a few days. Monsoon lasts for an average of 105 days.

&Nepal receives 80 per cent of annual rainfall on an average during the monsoon, which originates in the Bay of Bengal and moves along the southern flanks of the Himalayas. The average annual rainfall in Nepal is 1,600 mm but it varies from place to place, depending on climatic conditions,& read the bulletin.

The period between June and September is called southwest monsoon season.

&As per the forecast of the14th session of South Asian Climate Outlook Forum held in Kathmandu on April 18-23, below-normal rainfall is likely to occur in western parts of Provinces 1, 2, 3 and 5. Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces will receive normal rainfall,& the bulletin stated.

SASCOF had developed a consensus outlook through an assessment of experts on the prevailing global climate conditions and forecasts from different climate models around the world.

Currently, weak El Niño conditions are prevailing over the Pacific Ocean and there is strong consensus among experts about the possibility of further weakening of these conditions during the latter phase of the monsoon season, SASCOF said in its report.

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